Re: 3.0.19-bf2.4 install report
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 16:23:40 +0100
"Eduard Bloch" <edi@gmx.de> wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> Glenn McGrath wrote on Sun Feb 17, 2002 um 12:53:55AM:
>
> > The only hitch i encountered was the mbr, after i installed i changed
> > the bios boot drive, then when it tried booting i got "L 01 01 01...."
> > with 01 constantly repeating... i vagually remember seeing a warning
> > about doing such a thing.
>
> What is your first IDE device, how it is connected? My assumption: it is
> not /dev/hda but another one, and the real device is mapped by your bios
> to ide0. For such situation, there is a workaround in the current CVS
> tree.
>
Yes, your right, i installed to hdb, installed mbr to hdb, rebooted and told the bios to boot from the second disk.
>
> > It would be nice if a more local defualt mirror was provided... there
> > is a low severity bug requesting it, ill have a look at making a
> > netselect busybox applet, a bit late to adding new features to bf, but
> > it would make a handy addition to busybox anyway i think.
>
> I think, the change is minimalistic. Assuming that the language names
> allways have 2 chars, this quick hack may work. If someone has some
> spare time, please test and commit:
>
There may be some languages that dont nicely map to mirror names though.
Glenn
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