From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 13 2: 2:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-64-165-226-239.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.165.226.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D223137B404 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:02:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4512566C76; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:02:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:02:32 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Jan Stocker Cc: huntting@glarp.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.5->5.0 New Bootloader needed Message-ID: <20020313020232.C87604@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200203122105.g2CL56p02307@hunkular.glarp.com> <000001c1ca67$0d5067a0$fe02010a@twoflower.liebende.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GPJrCs/72TxItFYR" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <000001c1ca67$0d5067a0$fe02010a@twoflower.liebende.de>; from jstocker@tzi.de on Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:14:09AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --GPJrCs/72TxItFYR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:14:09AM +0100, Jan Stocker wrote: >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > > huntting@glarp.com > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:05 PM > > To: current@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: 4.5->5.0 kldxref:No such file or directory > > > > As an asside, I've noticed in the past when upgrading from 4.0 to > > 5.0, I've had to forcebly reinstall the loader. I dont know why, > > but the loader shiped with (at least) 4.4 doesnt seem to like > > loading 5.0 kernel bits. >=20 > If i understand the boot procedure right it isnt the the mbr but the boot > sector of the partition. For 5.0 the kernel and modules stuff can be found > unter /boot not in the root-tree. So after a buildkernel and installkernel > none of the boot sectors are overwritten and the old kernel will be loade= d. >=20 > I think this has to be mentioned in the UPDATING text should it? It should be taken care of by installworld when it installs new config files for the loader, right? i.e. the /boot/kernel location for the 5.0 kernel is specified in the default config file. Kris --GPJrCs/72TxItFYR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8jyO3Wry0BWjoQKURAuFHAJ0SDgkOrT6gZ1j0EdLqqdLpFl5WAACfWOU1 6EChSXa0rt4bvhPkvXwbXt8= =FQBK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GPJrCs/72TxItFYR-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message