Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:43:23 -0800 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= <ask@develooper.com> To: Uffe Jakobsen <uffe@uffe.org> Cc: embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "gpart set -a active" not changing boot loader Message-ID: <AECC0A44-574D-4C79-9691-8A7DAFD8C78B@develooper.com> In-Reply-To: <4E4B6E39.6030008@uffe.org> References: <4874688C-7D3D-428D-B654-C500A4F61DA2@develooper.com> <4E4B6E39.6030008@uffe.org>
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On Aug 17, 2011, at 0:31, Uffe Jakobsen wrote: >> However, when booting I get: >> >> 1 FreeBSD >> 2 FreeBSD >> >> Default: 1 >> >> … and `gpart show` now shows the first partition as the active one. >> >> Is my boot loader too old or some such? This is a NanoBSD system that might have been upgraded since some 6.x version. >> > > boot0 setting and the active partition mark in the partition table is having the usual disagreements... I've never come around to get the completely picture of the problem - but see the problem it quite often. I was fussing with a bit again now. It seems that at least with boot0 v2.0 (as per boot0cfg -v) it does boot on the active (as per gpart) partition, but the output it shows when booting says the default is whatever number boot0cfg -v displays. Ask
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