Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 23:15:52 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: larry@marso.com (Larry S. Marso) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootblocks: once or each time? Message-ID: <199901062115.XAA02647@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <19990106125432.K24384@marso.com> from "Larry S. Marso" at "Jan 6, 99 12:54:32 pm"
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Larry S. Marso wrote:
> I updated to 3.0-current elf a few days ago. I installed the new
> bootblocks.
>
> I just updated my sources again, and note that there are more changes
> to sys/boot. If I do a fresh buildworld, should I be installing new
> bootblocks again, as well as a make installworld?
If /boot/boot1 or /boot/boot2 change, you'll need to do a
disklabel -B $DISK_OR_SLICE
if you want to update the bootblocks you're actually using.
The /boot/boot[12] files themselves aren't executed: they're just
data for disklabel, which creates hidden boot *blocks* at the
start of the disk/slice.
Apart from boot1/boot2 (and boot0, which is another special case),
the other sys/boot code just needs a "make installworld", or
equivalent.
--
Robert Nordier
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