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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 01:50:18 -0500
From: Kelvin Farmer <kfarmer@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


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