From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 31 15:03:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B00216A420 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:03:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C83D043D49 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:03:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unefez@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0VF2ulY054808 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:03:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k0VF2uGP054807; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:02:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:02:56 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200601311502.k0VF2uGP054807@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20060131061812.A53329@xorpc.icir.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-current User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:03:01 +0100 (CET) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:59:02 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: boot block differences between 4.x and 6.x ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:03:04 -0000 Luigi Rizzo 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