From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 15:10:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05BEE16A400 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 15:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C443613C459 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 15:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l41FA3BJ024046 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 15:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l41FA3MI024045; Tue, 1 May 2007 15:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 15:10:03 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200705011510.l41FA3MI024045@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Marian Cerny Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B055016A400 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 15:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [69.147.83.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A213813C45A for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 15:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l41F3xCR075560 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 15:03:59 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l41EwwCP074620; Tue, 1 May 2007 14:58:58 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200705011458.l41EwwCP074620@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:58:58 GMT From: Marian Cerny To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.0 Cc: Subject: misc/112305: Mistake with boot.conf in Handbook, section 19.4 RAID1 - Mirroring X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 15:10:04 -0000 >Number: 112305 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Mistake with boot.conf in Handbook, section 19.4 RAID1 - Mirroring >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 01 15:10:03 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Marian Cerny >Release: FreeBSD 6.2R >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD claire 6.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Thu Apr 26 17:55:55 UTC 2007 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: In the following paragraph of Handbook (section 19.4 RAID1 - Mirroring), boot.conf is used instead of boot.config. Commnads that follows use the correct boot.config. This file will “help” the system BIOS boot the correct drive: # echo "1:da(1,a)/boot/loader" > /boot.config # echo "1:da(1,a)/boot/loader" > /mnt/boot.config >How-To-Repeat: See section 19.4 RAID1 - Mirroring of the Handbook. >Fix: Change the sentence: Now create a boot.conf file on both the current and new root partitions. to: Now create a boot.config file on both the current and new root partitions. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: