Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:07:29 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: tomdean@ix.netcom.com (Thomas Dean) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make aout-to-elf failures (from 2.2.7-RELEASE to -current ELF) Message-ID: <199901031407.QAA03360@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199901030408.UAA44371@ix.netcom.com> from Thomas Dean at "Jan 2, 99 08:08:35 pm"
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Thomas Dean wrote:
> I am in the midst of updating the bootblocks. I have two SCSI disks,
> da0 is WINNT and da1 is -current. I am currently using OS-BS. I am
> reading in the archives, attempting to upgrade. So far, I have
> backed-up and made new boot and fixit floppies.
>
> I found in the archives:
>
> cp /usr/mdec/boot? /boot
> echo '/boot/loader' > /boot.config
> disklabel -B bootdevices
>
> Also a reference to make in /sys/boot.
>
> Will 'make && make install' in /sys/boot do all that is needed?
>
> After I figure out the bootblocks, I will try aout-to-elf-build, then
> aout-to-elf-install, followed with building an elf kernel.
>
> Any pointers to doc's on upgrade the bootblocks?
All that's really needed is:
# Ensure that /boot exists
mkdir -p /boot
# Install latest bootblocks in /boot
cd /sys/boot
make all install
# Upgrade bootblocks for each target slice
disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 $SLICE
NOTES:
o You probably want to delete /boot.config after upgrading,
though having one or more of the serial options -h -D -P
in /boot.config may still be useful.
o For recent versions of disklabel(8), the -b and -s options
can be omitted (RTFM/UTSL to check defaults).
o If you have only one FreeBSD slice per drive, you can
specify the drive (eg. da1) rather than the slice (eg. da1s1)
in the disklabel command.
--
Robert Nordier
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