From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 2 22:23:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37853106566B for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:23:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [IPv6:2607:f2f8:3080::]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2078A8FC17 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:23:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D7BBD330EC; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:23:35 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Volodymyr Kostyrko References: <4C571ED8.6010809@gmail.com> <1804511668.121291280782385716.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> <4C573081.7070903@gmail.com> x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.10.8; tzolkin = 3 Lamat; haab = 1 Yaxkin Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:23:35 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4C573081.7070903@gmail.com> (Volodymyr Kostyrko's message of "Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:54:25 +0300") Message-ID: <86mxt4mz6g.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading Boot Loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:23:36 -0000 >>>>> "Volodymyr" == Volodymyr Kostyrko writes: Volodymyr> 02.08.2010 23:53, Tim Gustafson wrote: >>> gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad8 >>> gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad10 >> >> When I run this, I get: >> >> root@foo: gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad10 >> ad10 has bootcode >> >> Does that mean it was successful, or that no change was made? Volodymyr> Successfull. I looked for that text in "geom" (which is linked to gpart, I think), and didn't find it, or I'd be submitting a patch. But "ad10 has bootcode" should really say something that makes it clearer so this question doesn't come up again. I know *I* had this question too. Maybe "new ad10 bootcode successfully installed" or something. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion