From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 29 15:06:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08819 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:06:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08806 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:06:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00523; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:04:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810292304.PAA00523@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Vladimir Kushnir cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The new bootloader - how do you set it up? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:32:48 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:04:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > make world > > > > followed by > > > > disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 > > > > will upgrade you completely. The visible parts of the new loader are > > in /boot/loader, and are updated by 'make world'. > > > > Sorry, this is probably stupid question, but all the same. How do I update > these boot blocks in a dual-boot situation (wd0s1 - win95, wd0s2 - > FreeBSD)? As above. is the FreeBSD slice. > And do I need/can/want to update boot manager to a new boot0 as > well (I got a rather oldish BIOS here)? You can, but you don't need to. Whether you want to is up to you. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message