Re: AlphaBIOS/SRM
On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 06:34:55PM +0000, Nikita Schmidt wrote:
> On Sunday, 12 Dec, Ettore Aldrovandi wrote:
> >
> > Yes. From SRM you use aboot.
>
> Or you can still boot via MILO, if you want.
Yes, you're right.
> > SRM understands disklabel, so you have to convert your hard drive
> > partition table to a disklabel.
> It's not that SRM understands disklabels - in fact, it does not understand
> any partitioning scheme, - but rather that SRM boot block conflicts with
> the DOS partition table so SRM can't boot from a DOS-partitioned disk.
Right, again. I've been sloppy.
>
> Nikita
>
Ettore
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