From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 10:48:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3CBC16A41A for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from pizzabox.cyberleo.net (alpha.cyberleo.net [198.145.45.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A916513C45A for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: (qmail 99063 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2007 10:21:50 -0000 Received: from adsl-75-3-87-131.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net (HELO ?172.16.44.14?) (cyberleo@cyberleo.net@75.3.87.131) by alpha.cyberleo.net with ESMTPA; 24 Aug 2007 10:21:50 -0000 Message-ID: <46CEB136.1090409@cyberleo.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:21:42 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070819) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= References: <8039436E-1824-4C2E-915B-9069DEF23B10@stromnet.se> <20070821143136.GD1132@garage.freebsd.pl> <441B87F4-5846-441B-B6B4-34694B483C73@stromnet.se> <77098FC1-E06C-4A0C-803F-038509F5F8CA@stromnet.se> In-Reply-To: <77098FC1-E06C-4A0C-803F-038509F5F8CA@stromnet.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crashed gmirror, single disk marked SYNC and wont boot... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:48:35 -0000 Johan Ström wrote: > altough, one thing that I got curious about. In the fdisk manpage it > says -b can be used to change the bootcode.. and that default is > /boot/mbr.. What is this? I checked md5 against boot0 and its not the > same (altough I guess it might just be some boot0 with different > config..). I never found any references to this mbr file in neither man > pages or handbook. boot0 is the pretty 'F1 FreeBSD' type boot menu. mbr is more like your standard MS bootloader, that just boots the active slice of the current disk. The latter is my favorite, as I despise multi-booting. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/