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Date:      Thu, 05 Nov 1998 14:21:35 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: USERCONFIG_BOOT, heads up! 
Message-ID:  <199811052221.OAA00407@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Nov 1998 11:38:58 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811051137380.311-100000@smarter.than.nu> 

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> On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> >  disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 wd0s1
> 
> Ack.  I did exactly that, then rebooted.  At the point where the boot
> prompt would, normally appear, the system simply rebooted itself.  I had
> to dig up an install floppy and restore the old bootloader.

Very ack; this isn't supposed to happen like this.

Can you give us some more system details?  How recently did you rebuild 
the world?

-- 
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\\  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



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