Re: Can't boot from another slice (long)

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:
:joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
:> 
:> Try playing with the packet and setdrv option.
:> 
:> Joerg
:
:Thanks for your reply.
:
:Packet mode is already on, see:
:> sudo boot0cfg -v ad0
:#   flag     start chs   type       end chs       offset         size
:1   0x00      0:  1: 1   0x07    247:254:63           63      3984057
:2   0x80    248:  0: 1   0xa5    495:254:63      3984120      3984120
:3   0x00    496:  0: 1   0xa5    743:254:63      7968240      3984120
:4   0x00    744:  0: 1   0xa5   1023:254:63     11952360     66187800
:
:version=187.102  drive=0x80  mask=0xf  ticks=182
:options=packet,update,nosetdrv
:default_selection=F2 (Slice 2)
:
:As far as i understand boot0cfg(8), using setdrv wouldn't help: it's a
:single drive i'm playing with (it's a laptop).
:
:Francis.

    Try messing with the BIOS mode for the disk.  Try putting it into
    LBA mode.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>