From nobody Wed Sep 11 22:18:37 2024 X-Original-To: stable@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4X3w2b47ZJz5W7gq for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:18:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pete@twisted.org.uk) Received: from toybox.twisted.org.uk (toybox.twisted.org.uk [178.250.76.50]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4X3w2Z400fz3wby for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:18:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pete@twisted.org.uk) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=twisted.org.uk header.s=tbx-short header.b=byTvJMaz; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=twisted.org.uk; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of pete@twisted.org.uk designates 178.250.76.50 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=pete@twisted.org.uk DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=twisted.org.uk; s=tbx-short; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: In-Reply-To:From:References:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Sender: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Bt7QJEIhzcugbLiFwjnxhO3Bat5LXMgSQVurAVFZVSQ=; t=1726093126; x=1726957126; b=byTvJMazdAu7WCUqmpYllShjJB2xwd/gBwkzg772dHqixa3SWzEVbTrCdU7dZ5CEbZ6k+SItalS 3u6a7XSdript+IWjAXV8iADBkHQK6H4V9kDo9ibJgPN2NPsPyNJWvmlsEB9OWONuTPxeGYWMH4x+F 9Rqi0KO3CQBWfjvB+vM=; Received: from mailnull by toybox.twisted.org.uk with spamc-scanned (Exim 4.96.2 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1soVfZ-000Jkd-2a for stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:18:38 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on toybox.twisted.org.uk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 () Received: from balta.twisted.org.uk ([2001:470:6cc4:1::57]) by toybox.twisted.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96.2 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1soVfZ-000JkY-2E for stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:18:37 +0000 Message-ID: <9e9a7033-88a4-4802-8121-49c0b52d2686@twisted.org.uk> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:18:37 +0100 List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Beta Subject: Re: 13.3R's installworld killed system--please help! To: stable@freebsd.org References: <1841841708.2531.1726075709651@localhost> <202409112111.48BLBQ7x005508@sdf.org> <0a3f568d-7a6a-4b24-8fa8-c3247ba0671c@denninger.net> Content-Language: en-GB From: Pete French In-Reply-To: <0a3f568d-7a6a-4b24-8fa8-c3247ba0671c@denninger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-spamc-toybox: true X-transport-toybox: lookuphost X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.99 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[twisted.org.uk,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:178.250.76.50/32]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[twisted.org.uk:s=tbx-short]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_EXCLAIM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:12290, ipnet:178.250.72.0/21, country:GB]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[stable@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[twisted.org.uk:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4X3w2Z400fz3wby On 11/09/2024 22:20, Karl Denninger wrote: > 13.x does work on the bios-based boot code I have systems in a cloud > provider where I can't run EFI that boot off of that and they're on. 13. Same here - I still BIOS boot all my machines, and am now up to 14.1 on them. I always update the boot code though, as I did once end up in the situation of having an unbootable system after updating. But yes, you can have confidence that BIOS boot continues to work fine. -pete.