> From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org>
> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:24:13 -0700
> 
> > Whereas new installboot tends to shift it around:
> > 
> > # installboot -v sd1 2>&1 | grep shift
> > fs block shift 2; part offset 64; inode block 56, offset 2344
> > # installboot -v sd1 2>&1 | grep shift 
> > fs block shift 2; part offset 64; inode block 48, offset 16168
> > # installboot -v sd1 2>&1 | grep shift 
> > fs block shift 2; part offset 64; inode block 56, offset 2472
> > 
> > Meaning that the pbr must be updated with the new location.
> 
> It doesn't just "tend" to move around (ie. tend == "prone to move").
> It moves every time, since it is using mkstemp to create a new file.

But isn't this a good thing?

Now it moves around consistently, so people perhaps won't forget and
be surprised when it moves eventually.  They just need some retraining ;).

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