Everytime a new bootblock gets written one needs to repeat the dd stuff, but a normal upgrade usually doesn't make a new bootblock for you.
2013/3/4 James Griffin <j...@kontrol.kode5.net>: > Hi > > I've got a machine which is dual-booting Windows 7 and OpenBSD current. > I am currently downloading the latest snapshot ready to upgrade but I > would like to know if this will affect the dual-boot set up. I put > my openbsd.pbr file into Windows and followed the faq guide to get > Windows boot manager to provide an option to select OpenBSD which was no > problem. > > Basically, will I have to do that again because i've upgraded my > system? On the internet when I was searching for the process initially, > some of the sites I looked at implied that it might be necessary to copy > the boot "stuff" again and re-do the steps in Windows. Is this correct? > Personally, I would have thought that it wouldn't make a difference, i'm > only upgrading the sets and packages afterall. > > I'd be grateful if someone would be able to confirm before I go ahead > and do the upgrade. > > Cheers, Jamie. > -- May the most significant bit of your life be positive.
