From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 15 06:22:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA09639 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 06:22:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA09634 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 06:22:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA24592; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:21:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:21:33 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: "Daniel C. Sobral" cc: Donn Miller , Kris Kennaway , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problesm w/ 4.0-current & wine In-Reply-To: <36C823C3.796E3C5E@newsguy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > Brian Feldman wrote: > > > > That sounds like a bug, but the "boot: " prompt is NOT the new boot loader, > > it's the semi-new boot0 (which is quite nice, Mr. Nordier). When you actually > > yet to BTX, try boot -c. > > Terminology errors abound here. I know, because I made many of them > in the past. > > boot0 is the "booteasy" prompt (F?). > BTX is a kernel. "Prompt" doesn't apply here. > The twisting | is boot2. If you type something at this time, you get > boot2 prompt. Unless you type enter, od course. > The later stage is called "loader". > > So, change BTX with loader, and your advice stands. :-) Whoops, I always end up typing the wrong thing :) boot0 is the MBR, boot2 is the kernel loader, and they're all by Mr. Nordier. The BTX loader does have a "prompt" by default and if you interrupt the countdown. The prompt is, of course, Forth :) > > -- > Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) > dcs@newsguy.com > dcs@freebsd.org > > Well, as a computer geek, I have to believe in the binary universe. > > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message