From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Sep 12 13:50: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mta05.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta05.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D119837B40E for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.66.104]) by mta05.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20010912204956.SZSV7694.mta05.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au> for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 06:49:56 +1000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010913064612.00a6eda0@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 06:47:37 +1000 To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG From: Rob B Subject: Re: Handbook installation chapter for Alpha architecture In-Reply-To: <20010913064252.G48793@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> References: <20010912085018.X48793@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 06:42 13/09/2001, Peter Jeremy wrote: >On 2001-Sep-12 10:02:32 -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > > > >On 11-Sep-01 Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> One comment: > >> Unlike the i386, Alpha boot flags must be specified via the SRM - eg it > >> isn't possible[1] to boot single user by issuing 'boot -s' to the > >> FreeBSD boot-loader, you have to use 'boot -fl s' at the SRM. > >> > >> [1] At least it wasn't a couple of months ago when I last updated my > >> system. > > > >Erm, I've used 'boot -s' from the loader many, many, many times on my > >alpha test systems. > >Interesting, I've never had it work on my Multia. It hasn't annoyed >me enough (and is useful on occasion) to chase it up. I guess I'll >have to dig into the Alpha boot process a bit deeper and find out why >it doesn't work for me. You'll probably find it's a "feature" of SRM. The Multia SRM is really really old, and doesn't do a lot of the things the newer SRM version can do. Cheers, Rob -- Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it binds the universe together. This is random quote 354 of a collection of 1160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message