On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Wojciech Puchar wrote:

> >
> > 	- /usr/mdec/installboot -b 16 /usr/mdec/installboot.sym /dev/rwd1d
> >
>
> i think creating separate ultrasmall partition is much cleaner method:
>
> like my drive's partition e.
>
> #        size    offset     fstype  [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
>  a:  38987000   1024300     4.2BSD   1024  8192    90   # (Cyl. 1016*-
> 39693*)
>  b:   1024000       300       swap                      # (Cyl.    0*-
> 1016*)
>  c:  40011300         0     unused      0     0         # (Cyl.    0 -
> 39693*)
>  d:  40011300         0     unused      0     0         # (Cyl.    0 -
> 39693*)
>  e:       300         0     4.2BSD   1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0 - 0*)
>  f:   1024000       300      MSDOS                      # (Cyl.    0*-
> 1016*)
>
>
> I'm not using RAID here but need to have a partition not beginning at 0,
> case when installboot doesn't work.

	I tried that a couple of times but the boot loader failed to
	run (machine just hung with flashing cursor or rebooted). I
	think both ways are worth listing :)

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