From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 24 12:34: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC7B15498 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:33:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daemon@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de) Received: from bigeye.rhein-neckar.de (uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with bsmtp id VAA06911 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:33:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from daemon@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bigeye.rhein-neckar.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA95685 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 19:56:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from daemon) From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: boot prompts Date: 24 Nov 1999 19:56:51 +0100 Message-ID: <81hcdj$2tdn$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> References: <383B1BA1.D804596D@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <19991123233905.53272@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey wrote: > > and then another if i hit a > > key while the countdown is going on. > > What is the difference between these > > two? > > The second one comes from the bootstrap on the FreeBSD slice. Actually, by the time you get to the countdown, control has already passed from boot(8) to loader(8). Yep, we even have man pages. > It allows you to choose the file you want to load, usually a > kernel image. I think you're limited to the root directory. No. Even the bootstrap doesn't limit you to the root directory anymore, much less the loader. Greg, where have you been for the last year+? -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message