On 06 Nov 2013, Gaetan Bisson wrote:

[2013-11-06 08:56:04 +0000] Anthony Campbell:

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After an upgrade yesterday which I'm pretty sure included linux-firmware I found that boot reversed the order

What do you mean by "pretty sure"? How do you know linux-firmware is to blame? This package only modifies files under /usr so it is unlikely that it affected your bootloader in any way. Perhaps if you gave us facts instead of mere speculation we could actually help...

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and there were some other unwanted effects too.

Feel free to be specific.

-- Gaetan

I was relying on my memory (affected by a heavy cold) of what had been upgraded the previous day, before the change in boot order occurred. I thought that linux-firmware was the most likely source but I accept that it's unlikely. Sorry for muddying the water. -- Anthony Campbell - ac@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412

On 07 Nov 2013, Mauro Santos wrote:

On 07-11-2013 08:56, Anthony Campbell wrote:

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I was relying on my memory (affected by a heavy cold) of what had been upgraded the previous day, before the change in boot order occurred. I thought that linux-firmware was the most likely source but I accept that it's unlikely. Sorry for muddying the water.

Check what was updated in /var/log/pacman.log, no need to guess or try to remember, it's all there ;)

-- Mauro Santos

Thanks for the link. I see that what happened was a kernel upgrade. This led to a lot of activity by mkinitcpio as it built the image. I don't know if that could have altered the boot sector. -- Anthony Campbell - ac@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412