From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 12 17:46:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA01377 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:46:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA01370 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:46:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberte@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.8.5/8.8.4) id CAA05672; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 02:46:11 +0100 (MEZ) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199711130146.CAA05672@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: Specify kernel for reboot ? In-Reply-To: <346A50C5.42877E5C@whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Nov 12, 97 04:58:45 pm" To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 02:46:11 +0100 (MEZ) Cc: roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de, joe@via.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk It was Julian Elischer who wrote: > Robert Eckardt wrote: > > > You'll also need NAMEBLOCK and may be NAMEBLOCK_WRITEBACK > > in your kernel config. > > er that's the BOOTBLOCK Makefile.. not the kernel. Oops, sorry for mixing this up. > > See also /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.386BSD > > > > Beware if you use the OS-BS 2.x boot loader, since it uses > > already the sector where nextboot places its information > > for the next boot. > > interesting.. I didn't know that.. > I've a possible improvement..... > stay tuned. Yes, OS Boot Select Version 2.0 Beta8 uses the first 5 sectors. (And e.g. the Parity virus uses 14 (or 0x14)) Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de