> I cold boot. I reach the '>boot ' prompt (thanks to biosboot(8). > boot(8)'s main purpose is to load the system kernel, which I do e.g.: > > boot> hd0a:/bsd.sp # Now I need to convince myself why /bsd.sp > # does/should not honour the contents of > # /etc/bsd.re-config because it used to.
No it never did. Look inside /usr/libexec/reorder_kernel: the relinked kernel is put on /bsd. When you tell the bootloader to boot /bsd.sp you are not booting a relinked kernel (i.e., one that has been altered by /etc/bsd.re-config), but the same old /bsd.sp. Don't believe me? Do as Nick suggested and run # ls -l /bsd* # /usr/libexec/reorder_kernel # ls -l /bsd* and then compare the dates between the first and the second ls. Regardless of whether you booted /bsd or /bsd.sp, it is always /bsd than changes. --
