From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 12 22:18:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA17949 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:18:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA17940 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:18:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA09918; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:17:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:17:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Bosco Tsang cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Auto Boot from third hard disk In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971010170008.009c9ef8@ipoline.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Bosco Tsang wrote: > I have tried a number of ways including using the CVS but still have no > luck in getting my version upgraded. There seems to be compilation error > for the CVS. > > >I believe you can just reinstall the boot block by using disklabel's b > >opiton. You'll have to grab the /usr/mdec directory from 2.2.2 or later, > >though. > > I want to try this but can't find the current /usr/mdec in the ftp site of > freebsd. Anywhere I can easily grab the binaries contents? Btw, my mdec > directory have files inside, some of what related to sd. Do I need to > relocate them before installing the current one? You need to find a running system or a Live Filesystem CD to swipe them from. I can make them available if you need them, I have access to a 2.2.2 box. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major