Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:02:56 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot block differences between 4.x and 6.x ? Message-ID: <200601311502.k0VF2uGP054807@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20060131061812.A53329@xorpc.icir.org>
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Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> wrote: > the revised picobsd script (attached here, it uses > sysutils/makefs instead of vnconfig/mdconfig so it can > run as a non privileged user) that i was using to > create images with the 4.11 boot blocks (boot1 and boot2), > does not seem to work anymore with the boot blocks > taken from 6.0 (and so, -current as well). > > When i force it to use the 4.x boot blocks, all is fine, > and the picobsd.bin produced (built on 6.0 using 7-current > sources) boots fine on qemu. FWIW, a standard 4-stable system boots fine with the boot blocks (and loader) from RELENG_6. I'm running such a mixed system: /boot/* and boot blocks from RELENG_6, and everything else from RELENG_4. I think the most visible changes in the boot blocks was UFS2 support and the removal of nextboot(8) support. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Documentation is like sex; when it's good, it's very, very good, and when it's bad, it's better than nothing." -- Dick Brandon
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