Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:00:15 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: Stefan Eggers <seggers@semyam.dinoco.de>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, rnordier@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot2 able to boot old -stable from 2nd BSD partition? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812301159130.1217-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <199812300919.LAA10457@ceia.nordier.com>
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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Robert Nordier wrote: > 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. I _still_ can't get the new bootblocks to work, the computer just resets on boot before I get a prompt. This is with a new motherboard, and it didn't work on the old one either. > > -- > Robert Nordier > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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