in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Giorgos Keramidas thusly... > > On 2006-05-01 02:05, Parv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric Anderson wrote: > > >This thread: > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-December/020572.html > > > > I hand edited the file (/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S) > > based on the given patch; did building|installing of world & > > kernel; on reboot of Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop, there still > > was a beep. > > Rebuilding everything is hardly worth it in this case, but you > did what you considered the safest thing, so that's ok :)
Agree with you there. I think i did try making/installing only this particular piece, but failed to do anything on reboot, so i thought "what the hell, just build|install everything". But then ... > > So the patch did not work for me. Did i miss something? > > Yes. You missed installing the new boot0 block on your MBR. > > See my other response in this thread about the steps you have to > take to rebuild a new /boot/boot0 block and install it with > boot0cfg on the MBR of your disk :-) Oooh, yes indeed, I missed the most crucial step there. No wonder even a major world building did nothing. Thanks much. - Parv -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
