From owner-cvs-all Thu Jan 7 13:15:38 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA08913 for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:15:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08857; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:15:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA34262; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:15:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:15:00 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199901072115.NAA34262@apollo.backplane.com> To: Julian Elischer Cc: Nate Williams , Peter Wemm , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk :changing the bootblocks is not always an option. : :And you can't change the bootblocks until you have installed the new :stuff, by which time it's too late because you have replaced the kernel :and you can no longer boot. You can sidestep this but I still think it's duel-boot, duel-boot, duel-boot, duel-boot. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message