Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 01:50:18 -0500 From: Kelvin Farmer <kfarmer@sympatico.ca> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: loader / loader.old install behaviour suggestion Message-ID: <3A6A86AA.8F29A04B@sympatico.ca>
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Hi, After /boot/loader is moved to /boot/loader.old, the install of the new /boot/loader can fail for whatever reason, leaving a computer that cannot automatically bootup, since someone has to type in /boot/loader.old at the boot prompt. I suggest that if the boot process can't find /boot/loader it tries /boot/loader.old before failing, or if the install process fails to install the new /boot/loader that the move of /boot/loader to /boot/loader.old is undone. Just my 2 cents, since i was just hit by this problem. Thanks Kelvin Farmer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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