From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 3 04:15:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA20110 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 04:15:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m2-45-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA20104 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 04:15:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id OAA02670; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 14:13:12 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199901031213.OAA02670@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: Bootblocks / Bootloader In-Reply-To: from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai at "Jan 3, 99 12:36:45 pm" To: asmodai@wxs.nl (Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 14:13:10 +0200 (SAT) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > On 03-Jan-99 Mike Smith wrote: > > >> I installed the new bootblocks and bootloader and it works like a > >> charm. However the directions that were given in a previous mail about > >> the steps required are enough to get it working but lack in some things > >> (which I unfortunately have no idea about how to fix, yet). > > > >> 1) I have the /boot.config file but the loader complains about /boot/ > >> boot.config, so should boot.config not be in /boot? > > > > It doesn't, as I believe I've already mentioned to you in a previous > > message. The loader reads /boot/boot.conf, which is a totally different > > animal. /boot.config is only required if you have not upgraded the > > bootblocks; it should *not* be generally used. However, if you have only a serial console attached, you may want to have serial options in /boot.config anyway (particularly for remote administration). > >> 3) I also got a complaint from the loader about another missing config > >> file which I can't remember the name from. > > > > Please quote the exact message that you get. This report is useless. > > OK, just rebooted and wrote down some things: > > > boot: > > Booting 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader @ 0x100000 > text=0x1000 data=0x1c000 bss=0x00 symbols=[0x0+0x4+0x0+0x4+0xff8c] > > Can't find file /boot/loader.config > total=0x12cf94 entry point=0x100000 > > BTX loader > > ... [looks good] > bootstrap loader revision 0.2 These messages indicate that you *don't* have the new boot blocks installed, but the old ones. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message