Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 12:52:44 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bootblocks / Bootloader Message-ID: <199901032052.MAA07318@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 21:52:21 %2B0100." <XFMail.990103215221.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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> > Bear in mind that, most of the time, the new boot blocks simply > > pass control to /boot/loader. You can use *recent* versions of > > the old boot blocks to start /boot/loader as well. > > Weird thing is that the first time it displayed the FreeBSD/i386 Boot > message and after I rm'ed /boot.config I never saw it again, and I rebooted > two/three times... That's normal; the "old" help is only displayed in "compatibility" mode. Without a /boot.config, the bootblocks try to be as quiet as possible. You may notice the spinner stop for a couple of seconds; if you hit a key at that point, you'll drop back into "compatibility" mode again. -- \\ 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
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