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From: Paul Saab <ps@freebsd.org>
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common panic.c
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Robert Watson (rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG) wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> 
> > Yes, it does. This is panic on loader, though. If it panics on loader
> > once, it will always panic on loader without manual (console) 
> > intervention. 
> > 
> > I'm open to hearing arguments/evidence to the contrary, though. 
> 
> With pxeboot, I can replace the loader on whim; if I'm pulling stuff in
> and out using an NFS root I can change the sets of modules and scripts run
> remotely, etc.  When you say "console intervention", do you include the
> serial console?  If so, no problem; if not, then I'd rather have a
> spinning boot than have to hit a key on the real system console :-).
> 
> Of course, one of the things I dislike about my current batch of PXE boxes
> is that if PXE fails, it requires a console keypress to try again without
> hard booting :-(.

Not if you compile BTX with BOOT_BTX_NOHANG defined.

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