Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:16:07 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Richard Dawes <rdawes@ucsd.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot.flp versions Message-ID: <19990120191607.A17471@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990120173540.15820A-100000@physics>; from Richard J. Dawes on Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 05:50:58PM -0800 References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990120173540.15820A-100000@physics>
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> I'm wondering if an earlier boot.flp, say from the 1/6/99 SNAP, will > work just the same? Thanks. Normally, a boot.flp of about the same time will work fine. You just need to go into the Options and change the release name string. The 1/6/99 boot.flp is broken. /boot/* can't be found. This means you can't do a fresh install (well, maybe in dangeriously dedicated mode -- I didn't try that) because the boot blocks can't be found by sysinstall. I was able to install the 1/6/99 SNAP by 1st installing a minimal 3.0-R and then doing an upgrade using the 1/6/99 boot.flp. This will leave you with an a.out kernel. You will need to install new boot blocks before you make your first 1/6/99 kernel. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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