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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Can I boot from an AHA1542C with an IDE on board?
Date: 1 Oct 1993 15:18:50 GMT
Organization: Montana Stateu University, Bozeman  MT
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Message-ID: <28hhoq$ir5@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
References: <CE2MtK.HFu@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <289vfk$ks9@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> <CE5vz3.EHD@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
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In article <CE5vz3.EHD@latcs1.lat.oz.au>,
M.C. Wong <wongm@ipc6.lat.oz.au> wrote:

>In article <289vfk$ks9@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) writes:
>>If you are using 'new' boot blocks, then you will want to boot from
>
>  What do you mean by new boot blocks ? Where can I get it ? Does it
>comes from FreeBSD ? How about the 386bsd to FreeBSD upgrade kit, does
>it contain this ?

FreeBSD contains the new boot blocks.  However, the upgrade script does
NOT install them for you by default.  They are trivial to install, but
I'd rather not take the blame for screwing up a system in case of a bad
install, so I *will not* modify my script to install them.  But, if you
want to, you can. :-)

Nate

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