From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 11 18:09:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6255B16A407 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:09:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A2F43D5D for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:09:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net ([12.207.12.9]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with ESMTP id <20060911180919m92000uefme>; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:09:29 +0000 Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8BI9H0v035277; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:09:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k8BI9GFN035276; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:09:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:09:15 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: Stefan Bethke Message-ID: <20060911180915.GB33304@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <3A8131D4-881E-4873-A682-543A1A88C063@lassitu.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3A8131D4-881E-4873-A682-543A1A88C063@lassitu.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Still possible to directly boot without loader? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:09:38 -0000 --lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 09:10:26PM +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote: > I just tried to load my standard kernel from the boot blocks (instead =20 > of using loader(8)), but I either get a hang before the kernel prints =20 > anything, or a BTX halted. Is this still supposed to work in 6-=20 > stable, or has it finally disappeared? You may be able to get this to work, but it is unsupported. -- Brooks --lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFBaZAXY6L6fI4GtQRAiriAJ0cgtmy1uHQwGPjd36VNU0a49e9YACgooUD bh2DlDhnMeMsNf2OMRcsiiU= =I3eL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2--