Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:45:36 -0700 From: mdf@FreeBSD.org To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader prompt: list / on other device Message-ID: <AANLkTinWjX7Y9W0jJBVZeTmdITA3f8rRxSzoY6dx79nz@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100623.160330.281.1@DEV> References: <20100623.160330.281.1@DEV>
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:03 AM, <rank1seeker@gmail.com> wrote: > I've escaped to loader prompt: > Current device is disk0s3a, from which this loader is running. > > My USB stick is device1 and device1s2a is UFS /, on which I would like to > reach some file or simply list directory. IIRC, there is no way to do this (but my memory is based on stable/7). I extended some Isilon stuff to add a 'bootdev' command to the loader that would allow for selecting alternate boot disks. I can see about dusting that off and making a patch against CURRENT, if there is no current way to do what you ask. Cheers, matthew
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