Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:27:11 -0600 (MDT) From: User Wblock <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net>, ccuiyyan@gmail.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader prompt doesn't work Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904011807350.33497@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <49D1C3E6.3050207@icyb.net.ua> References: <4451ccf20903300123p4df9c1d7k4c4138ad25d2d4af@mail.gmail.com> <49D0E44C.60103@phat.za.net> <49D1001E.2050405@icyb.net.ua> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903301841430.17364@wonkity.com> <49D1C3E6.3050207@icyb.net.ua>
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Andriy Gapon wrote: > 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. Okay, I'll try again. >> 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. The question is "How can I tell if 'gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot adXsY'? is needed? The gpart man page is apparently not the place to start. >> Can you expand on this a little? > > On "this" what? On your statement above: >>> 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. Would it be more accurate if that sentence read: "What you also need *if you experience problems with the boot loader prompt* (and what was not emphasized enough, IMO)..." >> For instance: >> >> * When did it happen? > > "it" what? >>> There was a significant fix to boot code made recently by jhb. Hoping for something more specific than "recently". >> * 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. Does not having the problem mean the latest boot code is in place, or just that the particular system hasn't triggered the problem? Is there a way to tell if the installed boot code is up to date? >> Or just those using certain partitioning features? >> * There's no mention in /usr/src/UPDATING. Was it mentioned anywhere? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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