Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:13:46 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USERCONFIG_BOOT, heads up! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811051111170.314-100000@smarter.than.nu> In-Reply-To: <199811051908.LAA04040@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Now, to load a userconfig script you must be using the new 3-stage
> > > bootloader. To load a script, either execute this command manually,
> > > or insert it in /boot/boot.conf:
> > >
> > > 'load -t userconfig_script <scriptfile>'
> >
> > I tried the following:
> >
> > disklabel -B /dev/wd0s1
>
> What's that for?
I really had no clue how to install the new loader, and I couldn't find
any docs for it. The manpage for disklabel said that -B would install the
standard loader, so... :)
> Are you running the new loader? The 'disklabel' command you gave
> will have written the old boot1/boot2 out, which don't default to
> running the loader.
I suppose not. How do I install it?
> Incidentally, you should only have to run the above 'pnp' commands once;
> they should be saved by 'dset' back into the kernel during the boot
> process.
Right, but wouldn't I have to reissue them every time I built a new
kernel?
--
Brian Buchanan brian@smarter.than.nu
brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
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