From owner-cvs-all Wed Nov 28 10:36:32 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3307F37B41A; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:36:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from fledge.watson.org (robert@fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.6/8.11.5) with SMTP id fASIaBi44548; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:36:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:36:10 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Paul Saab Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" , Wilko Bulte , "Daniel C. Sobral" , cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common panic.c In-Reply-To: <20011128103448.A70199@elvis.mu.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Paul Saab wrote: > > 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. Appears to be a function of the PXE bios on this box. If DHCP fails to find a source for a loader, or if tftp rejects the request, the bios will ask you to insert a system disk and press enter. If you hit enter, it will try PXE again. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message