Why we need two distinct MBRs in the sources?

1999-05-21 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
Hi! Apparently, we have two distinct MBRs in the sources. First one is in /usr/src/sbin/i386/fdisk.c, and could be installed onto disk by ``fdisk -b'', for example. The second one is in /usr/src/release/sysinstall/wizard.c, and could be installed onto disk by ``sysinstall''. It is confusing...

Re: Why we need two distinct MBRs in the sources?

1999-05-21 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
1 Could it be possible to unite these ones in /src/sys/boot/i386/mbr/ ? It could be possible, yes. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message

Re: Why we need two distinct MBRs in the sources?

1999-05-21 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 02:49:34AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: 1 Could it be possible to unite these ones in /src/sys/boot/i386/mbr/ ? It could be possible, yes. :) - Jordan Well, probably my English is not so good, I'm sorry. What's so funny? -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and

Re: Why we need two distinct MBRs in the sources?

1999-05-21 Thread Robert Nordier
1 Could it be possible to unite these ones in /src/sys/boot/i386/mbr/ ? It could be possible, yes. :) - Jordan Seems a good idea: I'll do that, unless of course Ruslan wants to do it himself. At least one of the present MBRs is a bit too strictly correct, and supports booting only from