From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 20 16:45:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD67016A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:45:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E04743D39 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:45:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBL0jLZ6022823 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:45:21 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hBL0jKlg022822; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:45:20 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:45:20 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Noah Message-ID: <20031221004520.GB22276@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Noah , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20031112154647.M33110@enabled.com> <3FB25926.2000109@rtl.org> <20031112171905.M63476@enabled.com> <20031112182055.GC24384@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20031112223108.M65151@enabled.com> <20031113100504.GB33477@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20031126143823.M26427@enabled.com> <20031126152833.GA7575@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20031220200516.M74299@enabled.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031220200516.M74299@enabled.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup drive bootabel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:45:31 -0000 --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 12:11:24PM -0800, Noah wrote: > okay I think I see what fdisk is wanting. I wanted to run it by you befo= re i > did anything: >=20 > here is the prompts I filles out. some prompts do have anything appear t= here > i just hit return for the default value. Do I need to change the active > partition back to anything after running the fdisk Program? I still want= to > boot from /dev/da0 for the time being. I just want /dev/da1 drive ready = for > booting if /dev/da0 fails. Am I on the proper course here? Looks OK to me -- you have got backups of anything important on that disk haven't you? This sort of operation has a high risk of trashing the drive contents if you don't get things quite right. Yes, you'll need to set the slice (da1s1) bootable if you want this as an alternate boot device. That shouldn't affect the default auto boot process performed by the boot loader, unless you interrupt the boot process and change the device selection there manually. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/5O0gdtESqEQa7a0RAgmNAJ94mp3nD5O3HF0080PbqJ4R56A1AACePyuP FSf2znBNp8m5JBecaxeRmFQ= =xuwk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT--