From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 18:16:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4499B10656D1 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:16:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ask@develooper.com) Received: from mbox1.develooper.com (mbox1.develooper.com [207.171.7.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 294DE8FC23 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:16:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 768 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2011 18:16:11 -0000 Received: from cpe-75-83-150-233.socal.res.rr.com (HELO embla.bn.dev) (ask@mail.dev@75.83.150.233) by smtp.develooper.com with ESMTPA; 16 Aug 2011 18:16:11 -0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_ECFFEA75-CD52-42F2-91D7-B85615B517C7"; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1 Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:16:05 -0700 Message-Id: <4874688C-7D3D-428D-B654-C500A4F61DA2@develooper.com> To: embedded@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: "gpart set -a active" not changing boot loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:16:12 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_ECFFEA75-CD52-42F2-91D7-B85615B517C7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi, I run # gpart set -a active -i 2 ad0 active set on ad0s2 `gpart show` confirms that it was done. However, when booting I get: 1 FreeBSD 2 FreeBSD Default: 1=20 (and it boots the first partition) =85 and `gpart show` now shows the first partition as the active one. Is my boot loader too old or some such? This is a NanoBSD system that = might have been upgraded since some 6.x version. - ask --=20 http://develooper.com/ - http://askask.com/ --Apple-Mail=_ECFFEA75-CD52-42F2-91D7-B85615B517C7--