Re: NetBSD's boot select MBR

In message <20121215175447.310...@gmx.com>, "Dieter BSD" wrote: >...Some sysadmins want >the MBR to be read-only for various reasons. Apparently, at least one sizeable company headquartered in Redmond, Washington does too. Can't imagine why. :-) http://www.zdnet.com/linux-foundation-uefi-s

Re: NetBSD's boot select MBR

Domagoj writes: > MBR supports max of 4 slices/partitions. 4 primary partitions, there are the "extended/logical partitions", which allow more. > The '/usr/mdec/mbr_bootsel', which you've mentioned, is equivalent > to FreeBSD's '/boot/boot0', which is tuned via 'boot0cfg' util. > It will also sh

Re: NetBSD's boot select MBR

> > > So I use NetBSD's MBR for disks I want > > > to boot from. > > > > Can I have a CMD sequence? > > > > First would be ... > > # fetch ... > > Read NetBSD's fdisk(8) and mbr(8). > > The MBR is only 512 bytes, and must contain the code and data. > This is very limiting, so there are multiple v

NetBSD's boot select MBR

[ from the FreeBSD for serious performance? thread ] > > So I use NetBSD's MBR for disks I want > > to boot from. > > Can I have a CMD sequence? > > First would be ... > # fetch ... Read NetBSD's fdisk(8) and mbr(8). The MBR is only 512 bytes, and must contain the code and data. This is very lim