Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:48:28 +0300 (EEST) From: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: If boot.config is used, the default boot fails. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006091037530.14690-100000@netcore.fi>
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Hello all, I'm trying to set up serial console on 3.4-STABLE (updated from 2.2.x) using the handbook's serial console section (14.6). However, if I add anything (-P -D, for example, or 0:wd(0,a)/kernel -P -D) in /boot.config as suggested, FreeBSD won't boot without user input: ---- >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:wd(0,a) boot: No >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:wd(0,a) [etc..] ---- What am I missing here? Perhaps this should be clarified in the handbook? If I remove and touch /boot.config, the boot goes automatically just fine. It seems to use the boot loader though, not boot the kernel directly? A dredge from 2.2.x times? How could the default be changed? If I don't/do use boot loader, what features would I miss, any pointers on that? BTW, As the handbook mentions, currently it isn't possible to pass '-P' argument to boot loader. Is there any development in progress to make it so? Thanks, -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Pekka.Savola@netcore.fi not those you stumble over and fall" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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