Igor Sobrado writes: > > I would like to ask if this output for the "machine diskinfo" command > on the OpenBSD/i386 BOOT release 2.10 is expected: > > > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading... > probing: pc0 com0 com1 mem[639K 255M a20=on] > disk: hd0+ hd1+ > >> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.10 > - > com0: 9600 baud > switching console to com0 > >> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.10 > boot> machine diskinfo > Disk BIOS# Type Cyls Heads Secs Flags Checksum > hd0 0x80 label 1 16 63 0x2 0xd8299676 > hd1 0x81 label 1 16 63 0x2 0xc99b9503 > boot>
The problem was related with a LBA translation bug in comBIOS 1.29 (released on february 2007). Soren Kristensen fixed this bug in a new firmware revision for the net4501 and net4801, released yesterday, and all is fine right now. (Thanks Soren!) > On another computer, an old Pentium 166 MHz, there is a different > but annoying output too: > > MBR on floppy or old BIOS > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading... > probing: pc0 com0 com1 mem[639K 127M a20=on] > disk: fd0 hd0+ hd1+ > >> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.10 > boot> machine diskinfo > Disk BIOS# Type Cyls Heads Secs Flags Checksum > fd0 0x0 *none* 80 2 18 0x4 0x0 > hd0 0x80 label 15 15 63 0x2 0xcbea9586 > hd1 0x81 label 1019 16 63 0x2 0xc8d994f7 > boot> This is a different beast, think. It looks like (another) bug in the BIOS of this old computer (hd0 is a 6 GB IDE drive, hd1 is a 2 GB drive). Cheers, Igor.
