> > > > I've noticed lately that I can't install /boot/mbr using boot0cfg. > > > > > > > > [root_at_darklight:~]# boot0cfg -B -b /boot/mbr ad4 > > > > boot0cfg: /boot/mbr: unknown or incompatible boot code > > > > > > > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 512 Jun 6 17:45 /boot/mbr > > > > /boot/mbr: x86 boot sector > > > > > > > I think you'll have to use "fdisk -B" to do that. > > > (boot0cfg(8) only installs boot0 and boot0sio.) > > > > > > > Thank you Ruslan. > > > > Shouldn't boot0cfg(8) manpage be updated accordingly (EXAMPLES section, > > at least)? > > > Hmm. The documentation bug was introduced recently in rev. 1.30 > of boot0cfg.8 (and merged into RELENG_6). I've just checked on > 4.x, 6.x, and 7.0 systems here, and /boot/mbr could never be > accepted by boot0cfg(8) because the second signature (the "Drive" > string) isn't there. I've Cc:ed the committer of this change. And then, trust PRs. I wonder how is it possible that PR got submitted, if the example showed in it is totally bogus? Escapes me. So, should I back out that rev.? -- Pav Lucistnik <pav_at_oook.cz> <pav_at_FreeBSD.org> The Phase Spider. A spider that never seems quite there.
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