loader prompt doesn't work
Andriy Gapon
avg at icyb.net.ua
Tue Mar 31 00:19:35 PDT 2009
on 31/03/2009 03:50 User Wblock said the following:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>> There was a significant fix to boot code made recently by jhb.
>> It is now in head, stable/7 and stable/6.
>> So you need to update to the recent resources.
>> What you also need (and what was not emphasized enough, IMO) is to
>> actually
>> install new boot code (/boot/boot) to your active slices after
>> installworld completes.
>>
>> E.g.:
>> $ gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot adXsY
>
> The gpart manpage just makes me more confused about this.
Your reply is quite confusing too - you put many different things into
the same heap.
> I don't know
> what a "protective" MBR is, or if I've got one.
If you think that you have to know, then google is your friend.
> Can you expand on this a little?
On "this" what?
> For instance:
>
> * When did it happen?
"it" what?
> * Who needs to do this--everyone who has updated to a recent -CURRENT or
> -STABLE?
If you don't have the problems described earlier in this thread than you
don't have to do anything.
> Or just those using certain partitioning features?
> * There's no mention in /usr/src/UPDATING. Was it mentioned anywhere?
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Andriy Gapon
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