Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 18:45:29 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, wsantee@wsantee.oz.net Subject: Re: How to write -current bootcode to disk? Message-ID: <199504290845.SAA17007@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I'm currently running the April snapshot (both kernel and binaries). >I just supped and compiled the -current kernel and all hell broke >loose when trying to mount my disks. >I understand that some changes have been made in the abilities to >mount disks under -current (including ability to mount extended DOS >partitions...can someone confirm?) Yes, the changes are in -current but not in the snapshot. >At any rate, what -current binaries am I going to need to update the >boot code to mount my disks correctly again, and what is the easiest None. It would help to have some utilities to summarize the slice/ partition layout, but they aren't written yet. >way to write the new partition information without wiping out my >current partitions? Not writing anything is safest. Ignore the boot-time warnings. You may have to edit /etc/fstab to change the names of non-BSD partitions. Bruce
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