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From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
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Subject: Re: New boot2 able to boot old -stable from 2nd BSD partition?
In-Reply-To: <199812281943.UAA27627@semyam.dinoco.de> from Stefan Eggers at "Dec 28, 98 08:43:22 pm"
To: seggers@semyam.dinoco.de (Stefan Eggers)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:19:09 +0200 (SAT)
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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

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