Re: issue with September 29 snapshots

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:40:56PM -0400, Michael Shalayeff wrote:
> Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Hugo Villeneuve:
> > While updating to the latest September 29 snapshot on my 712/100,
> > I run into 2 problems:
> > 
> > 1. bsd.rd failed to load:
> > 
> > >> OpenBSD/hppa BOOT 0.8
> > boot> boot bsd.rd
> > booting dk0a:bsd.rd: 1839660+2654208+376832 [52+91056+74840/
> > 
> > and then cursor froze after "/" and nothing happens.
> > 
> > 2. I though maybe my boot loader was too old so updated my lif boot
> > blocks with the new supplied xxboot.
> 
> have you verified md5 on it?

match

> 
> > But that boot loader autoboot bsd immediatly. Annoying. So I reverted
> > back to 3.3 xxboot (the one inside base33.tg).
> 
> you should say you want isl then...

I did not know what "isl" meant. 

I guess it also cought me by surprise that the boot blocks started
honoring the "isl" flag since the last time I had them updated.

Entirely my fault here. Sorry.

The new boot blocks (which didn't change version) boots correctly
bsd.rd when I escape to admin menu to "boot pri isl".

Thanks.

> -- 
>     paranoic mickey       (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)

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