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From: adam@veda.is (Adam David)
Subject: Re: How to get boot code installed.
Keywords: boot freebsd upgrade
Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland
Message-ID: <Csxq04.BnF@veda.is>
References: <murray.38.2E2134B9@its.uct.ac.za>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 14:38:28 GMT
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murray@its.uct.ac.za (Mark Murray) writes:
>2) How do I get sdboot and bootsd onto my disk? I know about the disklabel
> route, but that depends on having an entry for the disk in disktab, which
> _I_ don't. I tried the one (sorry about being vague, my machine is
> elsewhere) whre you write a file with 'disklabel -r sd0 > file',
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the best place to start.
> then use disklabel -w -F(?) sd0 file sdboot bootsd (with the correct
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wrong, you need to do 'disklabel -r -R sd0 file sdboot bootsd'.
> paths) but disklabel puked. It seems like a pain to have to figure out a
> disktab entry, but I will if I have to. :-(
Disktab does not give you the same flexibility, IMHO.
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Adam David <adam@veda.is>