What wonderful group of responsive, helpful people!
Many thanks for the quick responses from the following:
Steve Thompson <smt_at_NICS1.CORNING.COM>
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
Wayne (Baisley_at_fnal.gov)
Jeffrey G. Micono <jgmicon_at_sandia.gov>
Tom Webster <webster_at_ssdpdc.mdc.com>
A. Mahendra Rajah (A.Mahendra.Rajah_at_Meena.CC.URegina.CA)
Martin Moore <martin_at_decatl.alf.dec.com>
Kurt Carlson <sxkac_at_java.sois.alaska.edu>
bchill_at_ucdavis.edu (Brian C Hill)
(hope I didn't miss anyone)
The question was, how do a install a boot block on a newly
created root filesystem (type AdvFS)?
The answer was along the lines suggested here by A. Mahendra Rajah:
The disklabel command will write the boot block for you if you
used the -r and -R parameters as follows:
disklabel -r /dev/rrz2a > /tmp/rrz2a.label
save the label; substitute your system disk for /dev/rrz2a
disklabel -t advfs -r -R /dev/rrz2a /tmp/rrz2a.label rz26
Recreate the label.
See `man disklabel' for more info.
Tom Webster also pointed out:
>You can find information on installing the bootstrap pointers
>in the disklabel(8) man page. The SysAdmin manual for DEC UNIX
>also includes step-by-step instructions for moving a root partition
>from UFS to ADVFS.
Thank you!
Randi
Received on Fri Aug 15 1997 - 22:34:22 NZST