Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:21:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Viren R. Shah" <viren@rstcorp.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The new bootloader - how do you set it up? Message-ID: <199810292321.SAA00678@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> In-Reply-To: <199810292303.PAA00506@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <199810292247.RAA01269@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> <199810292303.PAA00506@dingo.cdrom.com>
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>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes:
>> way to find out whether the new boot stages were installed? What
>> should I be seeing with the new boot blocks?
Mike> Remove /boot.config. The new loader does its very best to
Mike> look-and-feel just like the old one.
That definitely changed something. The help screen is no longer
shown. So hopefully that means that I'm using the new boot blocks.
>> [Part of the reason I'm asking this is that I boot FreeBSD using the
>> NT loader, and I'm not entirely certain whether I need to update the
>> NT loader in order to get the new boot blocks running.]
Mike> No idea. Does the NT loader keep a copy of the first sector of the
Mike> partition, or does it just jump there?
I checked. It copies it, so I recopied the first sector from the
FreeBSD partition.
One unexpected side effect of my setup is that when I type in "reboot"
at the /boot/loader prompt, I get sent back to the NT loader menu.
Thanks for the help.
Viren
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Viren R. Shah {viren @ rstcorp . com}
"Never hire a ferret to do a weasel's job"
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