From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 10 19:25:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B01116A566 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:25:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7246343D69 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:24:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: (from stb@koef.zs64.net) (authenticated) by koef.zs64.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k8AJOosg000258 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:24:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) In-Reply-To: <20060910191323.GA7721@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <3A8131D4-881E-4873-A682-543A1A88C063@lassitu.de> <20060910191323.GA7721@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <8D05EC30-27A0-418B-B91F-DBA26C797F11@lassitu.de> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stefan Bethke Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:24:50 +0200 To: Kris Kennaway X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Still possible to directly boot without loader? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:25:40 -0000 Am 10.09.2006 um 21:13 schrieb Kris Kennaway: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 09:10:26PM +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> I just tried to load my standard kernel from the boot blocks (instead >> of using loader(8)), but I either get a hang before the kernel prints >> anything, or a BTX halted. Is this still supposed to work in 6- >> stable, or has it finally disappeared? > > Without access to the device.hints (either from loader or compiled in) > you won't have a working console (and possibly other devices), so the > kernel may appear to hang while booting. Ah, thanks! I'll try building a self-contained kernel then... Cheers, Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Fon +49 170 346 0140