From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 15 10:34:09 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21692 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:34:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA21596 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:33:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id SAA20163; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:33:37 GMT Message-ID: <369F89C6.B7F11194@tdx.co.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:32:38 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX - The Digital eXchange X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jaye Mathisen CC: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can the bootloader create a file or set a flag in the bootblocks? References: <4751.916424243@critter.freebsd.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> Sort of a kernel-clean flag. Then 300 miles away, I can try stuff, and > >> have at least some assurance that I'll eventually be able to get back to a > >> kernel I could use. Hmmm... This does rely on the 'stuffed-kernel' eventually cleanly rebooting the machine, we don't want anyone getting a 'false sense of confidence' out of this ;-) - A lot of the machines we use don't even reboot on a 'shutdown -r' :-( -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message