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Updating Bootloader
On an older laptop that was running current my screen started going blank after an update. The keyboard would also lock. Initially I thought the laptop video had finally died but I could still get into the bios. I tried Debian and it still worked.
I then recalled seeing something on the mailing lists about new boot code causing a problem - so I did a new install that worked. The boot loader version had incremented from 3.17 to 3.19. I have two other machines running current and was wondering if there was a way to update the boot loader only? I will backup before trying. In the past the second current machine was used as a test machine. If the update worked I would synch my personal files with ftp (haven't gotten around to learning/setting up rsynch) and then update the main system. To the question: Is it possible to update the boot code only? Last edited by shep; 26th February 2013 at 10:44 PM. Reason: grammer |
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Thanks I'll try it on the test machine first and if successful synch it to my primary computer. The tackle the primary computer. If I don't mess up this should save alot of time and bandwidth. Addendum: The instructions worked well although the files in my /usr/mdec directory were upto date. I still went ahead downloaded base53.tgz and extracted the mdec files . I "diff"'d the existing /usr/mdec files with the extracted files and they were identical. I ran installboot on the test machine for the experience and ended up with OpenBSD/amd boot v 3.23 which is the boot version my main computer is using. Thanks again Last edited by shep; 27th February 2013 at 08:41 PM. Reason: Report Success |
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