> I follow "-current" for several years but recently a thing puzzles me. > > My "x200" is a dual-boot system ("Seven"/OpenBSD "-current") and since (I > think) the > "amd64/i386 installboot" change, each time I upgrade via "bsd.rd", I have to > generate a new "openbsd.pbr" and copy it to "Seven". > > If I miss that, I get an "ERR M" and can't go further. > > First I was thinking about changes but I checked code and last modification > on boot(8) was made 2 weeks ago (I did 2 updates since it). > > I used that setup for several years without any need to do that, what do I > miss here, is it now normal ?
The old installboot would reuse the same file, very carefully. Joel's new installboot does not do that, and chooses to be careful about handling a different problem instead. Can't easily solve both problems. I think he should revert to the old method.