Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 12:58:38 -0800 (PST) From: Ian Struble <ian@broken.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.991107125658.5698l-100000@disavowed.broken.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.991107081155.5698k-100000@disavowed.broken.net>
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UPDATE: I just needed to ask the question and go through all the steps one last time and everything worked. So crisis averted. Ian On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Ian Struble wrote: > Hi, > > I am in a bit of a jam. I can not seem to properly update the boot > blocks to get /boot/loader to be the default bootstrap file. And to make > it even better I am doing this for someone else via ssh so when I fail I > get to call someone else on the phone to explicitely bootstrap > '/boot/loader', so someone else gets to share in my mistakes :^) > > But back to the problem. First thing I tried doing was trace through > tools/tools/upgrade/doupgrade.sh and try to build a kernel and updrate > the disklabel and boot block just how it was done there: > # make kernel with a '-B' > make -B depends; make -B ; make -B install > # update the boot blocks(yes the system is using da0 not wd0) > disklabel -B da0 > > That didn't seem to do anything other than install the new kernel. I > know this because now that someone manually booted with machine with > '/boot/loader', ps, w and top are able to read and display proc > information again. Since that first attempt did not work I tried being > more precise with disklabel: > disklabel -B da0 -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 > > Still no luck. The last time I moved a system from a.out to elf was a > long time ago and it was all relatively painless. I guess the fact that > those machines were my work and home workstations didn't hurt but even so > I didn't think that it was going to be that much of a pain. Does anyone > have any ideas as to what I forgot? Or any suggestions for something > else that I should do or check. Anything and everything would be greatly > appreciated at this point. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ian > > oh. The drive is fully dedicated. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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