From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 15 12:17:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05205 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:17:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05187 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:17:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA55837; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:11:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <199901152011.PAA55837@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Smith cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Jaye Mathisen , current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: Can the bootloader create a file or set a flag in the bootblocks? References: <199901151823.KAA01489@dingo.cdrom.com> In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:23:16 PST." <199901151823.KAA01489@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:11:36 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've been thinking about this same thing, and I thought that relatively static fallback list of environments plus an (persistant) index to tell you what you've tried so far might work. I was considering stealing a byte from the RTC CMOS to hold the state between reboots. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message