Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:43:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Patrick Hartling <mystify@friley-184-92.res.iastate.edu>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reading a text file with BTX Message-ID: <199901282243.OAA00567@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 03:46:29 %2B0900." <36B0B085.114163@newsguy.com>
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> Patrick Hartling wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to view the contents of a text file (specifically,
> > /boot/loader.rc) with BTX? Now that there are all these nifty new modules,
...
> You might be refering to the loader prompt, not the btx prompt. If
> you type something as soon as the first "|" is shown, that's btx. If
> you wait a little, or enter /boot/loader, then you get loader.
> Specifically, if it has processed loader.rc, then you are inside
> loader, not btx.
Ugh. No. BTX is the kernel that boot2 and the loader use.
boot0 is the module that gives you the F? prompt
boot1 is invisible, it just loads boot2
boot2 spins the | to begin with, and if you hit a key while it's paused,
you get it's prompt 'boot:', it starts the loader.
> Conditional loading is possible, though Mike committed it to
> RELENG_3 instead of -current, and has not corrected that yet.
Gah. Thanks for the PR reference.
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