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Date:      Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:42:00 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>, stable@freebsd.org, Ed Maste <emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca>, Ian Dowse <iedowse@iedowse.com>
Subject:   Re: RELENG_6: serial console drops back from 115200 to 9600 baud
Message-ID:  <20060227104200.GA58925@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060227083820.GK42677@ip.net.ua>
References:  <200602260156.aa34941@nowhere.iedowse.com> <440200F2.9010106@andric.com> <20060227083820.GK42677@ip.net.ua>

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 10:38:20AM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> > Okay.  I still think it would be wiser to just reinstall them during
> > installworld, just to be sure there's no incompatibilities...
> > 
> It's not always possible to do: there can be different boot locations,
> the root FS can be a remote one, it can be a diskless system, etc.

Not to mention that broken boot blocks will destroy the ability of
your system to boot, and require major reconstructive surgery.  Much
safer to only install them on command.

Kris

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