Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:19:02 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: User Wblock <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net>, ccuiyyan@gmail.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader prompt doesn't work Message-ID: <49D1C3E6.3050207@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903301841430.17364@wonkity.com> References: <4451ccf20903300123p4df9c1d7k4c4138ad25d2d4af@mail.gmail.com> <49D0E44C.60103@phat.za.net> <49D1001E.2050405@icyb.net.ua> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903301841430.17364@wonkity.com>
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on 31/03/2009 03:50 User Wblock said the following: > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> There was a significant fix to boot code made recently by jhb. >> It is now in head, stable/7 and stable/6. >> So you need to update to the recent resources. >> What you also need (and what was not emphasized enough, IMO) is to >> actually >> install new boot code (/boot/boot) to your active slices after >> installworld completes. >> >> E.g.: >> $ gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot adXsY > > The gpart manpage just makes me more confused about this. Your reply is quite confusing too - you put many different things into the same heap. > I don't know > what a "protective" MBR is, or if I've got one. If you think that you have to know, then google is your friend. > Can you expand on this a little? On "this" what? > For instance: > > * When did it happen? "it" what? > * Who needs to do this--everyone who has updated to a recent -CURRENT or > -STABLE? If you don't have the problems described earlier in this thread than you don't have to do anything. > Or just those using certain partitioning features? > * There's no mention in /usr/src/UPDATING. Was it mentioned anywhere? -- Andriy Gapon
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