From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 2 16:27:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA07072 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:27:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peach.ocn.ne.jp (peach.ocn.ne.jp [210.145.254.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA07043 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:27:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dcs@newsguy.com) Received: from newsguy.com by peach.ocn.ne.jp (8.9.1a/OCN) id JAA27357; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:27:44 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <36B795A1.50AC4775@newsguy.com> Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 09:17:37 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: pt-BR,ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Kiernan CC: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks not installed on 3.0-STABLE (02/01/1999 snap) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Kiernan wrote: > > Okay, I did an update install with 3.0-STABLE (the snap from yesterday), > but the new boot blocks weren't installed, so the old boot loader keeps > complaining that the kernel is the wrong format (obviously, bootloader, > it's an ELF kernel). Any way to get the new boot blocks onto the drive > from the kernel/mfs root disks or the fixit floppy? No need to. Pass /boot/loader to your old boot blocks, and it will boot normally. Then install your new bootblocks. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com She just looked at him over the rotating pencil like, how slow can a mammal be and still have respiratory functions? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message