Re: Getting stuck on trying a fresh install to 7.4

On 12/8/23 3:34 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2023-12-07, Daniel Ouellet <daniel@presscom.net> wrote:
>> On 12/7/23 7:37 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote:
>>> On 2023-12-06, Daniel Ouellet <daniel@presscom.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Any suggestion woudl be greattly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Old boot loaders cannot boot 7.4 kernels.
>>>>> Upgrade your 6.7 system to 7.3 first (the usual advice to avoid
>>>>> skipping releases during upgrades applies). Then upgrade to 7.4.
>>>
>>> Specifically the interface used for communicating system
>>> console information between the boot loader and the kernel was changed.
>>> There was backwards compat but sadly it was removed after one single
>>> release.
>>>
>>> I think this brings the total number of people I know who have been
>>> affected by this up to 6 now.
>>>
>>>> I didn't care what's on it now. All fresh install will do.
>>>> I have 22 to do. :(
>>>
>>> You can copy a new bootloader to the old machines and run installboot.
>>
>> Hi Stuart,
>>
>> Just to be clear and to help others here.
>>
>> You are talking about these two files only right?
>>
>> /usr/mdec/boot
>> /usr/sbin/installboot
>>
>> or should this one below be included too? I don't think it's needed, but
>> just want to be sure and make the info complete.
>>
>> /usr/mdec/biosboot
>
> Assuming standard partition table not GPT: /usr/mdec/boot and
> /usr/mdec/biosboot. *Not* /usr/sbin/installboot, the new binary
> is unlikely to run on new OS.
>

Thanks Stuart.

I will test it out. Plenty to test with anyway. (;