Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 23:42:43 +0800 (WST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd question.. ;-) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960104233435.476B-100000@jhome.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: <199601041530.RAA02803@grumble.grondar.za>
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On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Mark Murray wrote: > Peter Wemm wrote: > > How do I update the boot code to -current? :-) [..] > > I do it by > disklabel -B -b boot1 -s boot2 sd0 > in the /usr/mdec directory. OK.. that seems to be the general opinion... I wonder what went wrong last time? :-( (the docs say that bootsd and sdboot (which are symlinked to boot1/2) will be used by default, so all the suggestions have been along the same lines). I vaguely recall "kernel out of reach of bios", evne though it had booted from it moments ago. When I re-ran the install program, it read the disk label and/or the fdisk info (I dont remember) as "empty". I vaguely recall the "fixit" option located the missing info.. (..he says, as he cracks open a new dat tape to dump everything in case.. :-) > I have not newfs'ed my disk sice 2.0-R, so I suspect you may have to > replace the sd0 with sd0s1 or whatever your boot partition is. Umm.. you probably should if it's convenient.. (ha! :-) You may not be getting the benefit from clustering.. Do a "tunefs -p /dev/rsd..." and see what the "-a" setting is. Also, do a "dumpfs /dev/rsd..." and see that it says "no rotational position table".. As I understand it, that table causes the blocks to be interleaved, defeating any clustering due to "-a". -Peter > M > -- > Mark Murray > 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa > +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 > Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key >
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