From owner-cvs-all Thu Jan 7 13:34:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11342 for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:34:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@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 NAA11314; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:34:07 -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 NAA01330; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:29:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901072129.NAA01330@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Matthew Dillon cc: Julian Elischer , Nate Williams , Peter Wemm , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 07 Jan 1999 13:15:00 PST." <199901072115.NAA34262@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 13:29:48 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > :changing the bootblocks is not always an option. > : > :And you can't change the bootblocks until you have installed the new > :stuff, by which time it's too late because you have replaced the kernel > :and you can no longer boot. You can sidestep this but I still think it's Just to point out that this is crap; you can replace the bootblocks at any time. -- \\ 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 cvs-all" in the body of the message