Re: bootloader reboots

[Mark Cullen <mark.cullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :That's probably it then. So I should force it to LBA mode in the other 
> :machines BIOS (if I can, it's an old machine) and I should run boot0cfg 
> :again with packet mode on?
>
>     It might be enough to just turn on packet mode with boot0cfg, but I
>     have found often that older BIOSes must be set to use LBA mode too.
>     You might be forced to start from scratch as the initial initialization
>     of the slices could have gotten confused.

Ah poop. It was installed on a more modern PC (Intel BX chipset) and I 
think that's using LBA.

Never mind! I can always use this computer as a server for a couple of 
months to see if it's more stable than old pal FreeBSD 5, and if it is I 
can just set the older machine up from scratch and swap back over :)

Thanks

> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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