Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:19:09 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: seggers@semyam.dinoco.de (Stefan Eggers) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, rnordier@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot2 able to boot old -stable from 2nd BSD partition? Message-ID: <199812300919.LAA10457@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199812281943.UAA27627@semyam.dinoco.de> from Stefan Eggers at "Dec 28, 98 08:43:22 pm"
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Stefan Eggers wrote: > I'd like to use the new boot2 to boot a -stable kernel from the > *second* FreeBSD partition. If need be I will modify it to grab the > second (active) one instead of the first but what I saw today looks > like it can do that already. (*) Yes, the new boot2 will prefer an active FreeBSD slice over the first FreeBSD slice. You can also specify the slice, eg. "da(0,2,a)", either at the "boot:" prompt or in /boot.config. > (*) In case it is already able to do the right thing we should modify > boot(8) as soon as we use the new boot blocks as default as that man > page says it will boot from the first one only. The new boot blocks are already the default in -current. Though you're right, the man page does need revision. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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