From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 4 17:16:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16873 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:16:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp3.portal.net.au [202.12.71.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16868 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:16:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00709; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:45:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812042345.PAA00709@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Joel Ray Holveck cc: Robert Nordier , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? In-reply-to: Your message of "04 Dec 1998 11:00:05 CST." <863e6vvo4q.fsf@detlev.UUCP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 15:45:55 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Regarding nextboot, I can't get your question into any kind of > > context, sorry. Is this just an entirely separate issue, or > > does "still works" relate to using FBSDBOOT versus not using > > FBSDBOOT in some way? > > This is a related but separate issue. ... > Now, one way to write this program immediately suggests itself to me. > Rewrite nextboot for Windows and put a GUI on it. Hence, my > question. I don't know any other way to talk to the boot manager, > although I'm open to suggestions. The problem is that it's not a related issue; nextboot doesn't have anything to do with what you're discussing - it's an outdated way to talk to the old bootstrap code in order to pass arguments to the 'boot:' prompt. It doesn't have any effect on the active partition. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message