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From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: RE: i386/loader compiled with NOFORTH
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On 24-Apr-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On 5.x, loader(8) compiled with -DNOFORTH, results in
> a system without a console.  This does not affect the
> RELENG_4.
> 
> Can someone who knows this code please look into it?

No kernel console or no loader console?  The usual problem with
no kernel console on 5.x is lack of device.hints.

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