From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 1 11:57:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26194 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:57:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles355.castles.com [208.214.167.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26186 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:57:44 -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 LAA05322; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:57:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811011957.LAA05322@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Chuck Robey cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot flags In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 01 Nov 1998 10:40:24 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 11:57:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > My boot.conf looks like: > > load kernel > autoboot 10 > > so far (I'll add modules next), but what's the syntax in that file to > add boot flags? I specifically (right now) want to add -v. If this is > defined somewhere, a pointer there would be fine. You can supply arguments when you load the kernel: load kernel -v You can also set many of them using environment variables: set boot_verbose and if you're using the 'boot' command, you can pass them there too: boot -v -- \\ 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