From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Jan  2 20:05:19 2013
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E37F41
 for <current@freebsd.org>; Wed,  2 Jan 2013 20:05:19 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com)
Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net
 [207.172.157.102])
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83D910B
 for <current@freebsd.org>; Wed,  2 Jan 2013 20:05:18 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.36])
 by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 02 Jan 2013 15:05:18 -0500
Received: from smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net
 [207.172.157.104]) by mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 4.3.4-GA)
 with ESMTP id CDY85943; Wed, 2 Jan 2013 15:05:17 -0500
X-Auth-ID: roberthuff
Received: from 209-6-85-139.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO
 [192.168.1.101]) ([209.6.85.139])
 by smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 02 Jan 2013 15:05:16 -0500
Message-ID: <50E49298.5030000@rcn.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:03:36 -0500
From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: problem after installkernel going from 9.0 to CURRENT
References: <50E0BFA0.6070702@rcn.com> <50E476D3.2030609@rcn.com>
 <alpine.GSO.1.10.1301021352280.12170@multics.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1301021352280.12170@multics.mit.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net)
Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, current@freebsd.org
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
 <freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-current>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
 <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:05:19 -0000

On 1/2/2013 1:57 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2013, Robert Huff wrote:

> For a full clean install, I believe that bsdinstall should prompt about
> installing bootcode around here.  I don't really understand from your
> procedure how bsdinstall was used; there might be some edge case where
> there is no prompt about bootcode.
>
>>     2) Installed off the 9.0 CD, got it up and running, everything was
>> good.

	Let me elaborate on this:

	2) Installed off the 9.0 CD, had a fully bootable system connected to 
the Internet, everything was good.

> I think you should investigate the 'bootcode' subcommand of gpart(8).

	Does the above change things?
	It was my expectation "installkernel" would Do The Right Thing with 
respect to new bootcode, and I am surprised it did not.

	Respectfully,


			Robert Huff