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From: bharbour@teleport.com (Bob Harbour)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBsd on on sd0 when I have a wd0
Date: 3 Jan 1997 03:45:28 GMT
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Philippe Charnier (charnier@xp11.frmug.org) wrote:
: bharbour@teleport.com (Bob Harbour) writes:

: > 
: > : > 
: > : > If you've tried this without success, you might as well try
: > : > 
: > : >   boot: 1:sd(0,a)/kernel
: > : > 
: > I am using this solution also. I was rooting around in the source code
: > this week and came across the /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot directory.
: > It looks like uncommenting the BOOT_HD_BIAS=1 in the Makefile will make
: > this problem go away
: [...]
: > How do I get it (or do I need it) into the boot sector?
: >

: yes you need it: disklabel -B sd0

This worked very well, my system now boots correctly un-attended.

Thanks for the help

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Bob Harbour
bharbour_AT_teleport_DOT_com