From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 11 16:27:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA26638 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:27:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from silverback.gorilla.net (silverback.gorilla.net [208.128.8.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA26632 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:27:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@gorilla.net) Received: from peeper.TOJ.org [208.143.84.78] by silverback.gorilla.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-4.07) id AA2A7400C4; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:22:02 CDT Received: (from tom@localhost) by peeper.TOJ.org (8.9.1/8.8.8) id SAA02703 for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:27:17 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tom) Message-ID: <19981111182554.B2411@TOJ.org> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:25:54 -0600 From: Tom Jackson To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it soup yet? :-) References: <19981111161736.A2411@TOJ.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Chuck Robey on Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 06:01:26PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 06:01:26PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Tom Jackson wrote: >... > I figured that the chances of others having bootblocks too old for elf > kernels, and not knowing about the need to update the bootblocks, is Point well taken > probably pretty high. I don't know if you just change boot.conf, with > the old boot blocks, if you cut your throat (need a floppy boot to fix), > but I think so. That's the worry that bothered me. > I've had a very good experience with this since E-day by following Mike, John, Peter, and Robert's advice and doing it in little steps :). My bootblocks have stayed up to date due to the new boot.help and advice from the knowledgable. I had never used boot.conf[ig] before. When I had tried to use /boot.conf to direct the process to /boot/loader, *it failed* and just tried to load /kernel direct. This was when I found I had to use /boot.config, and this did work. This was my main point. Later, -- Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message