From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 7 23:12:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA21466 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:12:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp4.portal.net.au [202.12.71.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA21442 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:12:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00817; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812080710.XAA00817@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Justin M. Seger" cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootable disks In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 20:52:06 EST." <199812080152.UAA22691@scds.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 23:10:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Is the boot loader now properly installed by sysinstall, or is a manual install > after a sysinstall still necessary on FreeBSD/Alpha? The loader is correctly installed (has been for ages). I don't think the bootstrap is though - you should go to the emergency shell and use 'disklabel -B' on the boot disk before rebooting after the install. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message