Subject: Re: how to install boot blocks (manages are very wrong)
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: David O'Brien <obrien@NUXI.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 11/23/2001 19:55:45
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 05:57:56PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 12:51:45PM +1100, matthew green wrote:
> > the answer you probably want is:
> > 
> > 	mount /dev/sd1a /mnt
> > 	/usr/mdec/binstall ffs /mnt
> > 
> > this works the same on all sparc machines and hides the ugliness of
> > the different bootstrap processes...  

Actually not totally:

    ./binstall ffs /mnt
    This script has to be run when the kernel is in 'insecure' mode,
    or when applying bootblocks to a file image (ala vnd).
    The best way is to run this script in single-user mode.

we should probably get it in the archives that this has to happen in
single-user mode.