From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 16:49:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0491D1065678 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 16:49:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9E7D8FC15 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 16:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7D25F46B2C; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:49:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.hudson-trading.com (unknown [209.249.190.8]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3763F8A027; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:49:35 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:40:31 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200904201535.21191.nick@van-laarhoven.org> <4b925570b9c69698b6eb029454ed29fa@mteege.de> <20090505144938.GA87033@psconsult.nl> In-Reply-To: <20090505144938.GA87033@psconsult.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905110940.31187.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 11 May 2009 12:49:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_03_06, RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: Subject: Re: nanobsd boot slice selection does not work 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: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:49:37 -0000 On Tuesday 05 May 2009 10:49:38 am Paul Schenkeveld wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 03:55:23PM +0200, Matthias Teege wrote: > > Moin, > > > > > I've seen this problem as well, but can't for the life of me remember what I > > > > I'm relieved to hear that. > > Ok, a bit late (interrupt storm generated by device $WORK) but I just > tested with a clean 7.2-RELEASE source tree. I too can report this > regression in boot0 which now looks at the active flag in a MBR table > entry instead of its own default partition byte when not choosing the > partition by pressing 1 or 2 at the prompt. This is a regression. > > The boot0 source code appears to have had a complete overhaul between > 7.1 and 7.2. > > As a workaround, use the 7.1 boot0 source (or even use 7.1 completely > if you care about the anticipated eol of the release). > > I hope Luigi will have some time to look at the default drive delection > algorithm again zome time soon. I think you can simply re-enable the 'update' flag using boot0cfg in 7.2 to fix this? -- John Baldwin