From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Nov 8 06:44:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA17269 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 06:44:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebsd.scds.com (jseger.shore.net [204.167.102.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA17264 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 06:44:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jseger@jseger.scds.com) Received: from jseger.scds.com (localhost.scds.com [127.0.0.1]) by freebsd.scds.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA15433; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 09:43:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jseger@jseger.scds.com) Message-Id: <199811081443.JAA15433@freebsd.scds.com> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org cc: Mike Smith , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew Gallatin Subject: Re: Booting in single user mode In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Nov 1998 13:06:00 EST." Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 09:43:09 -0500 From: "Justin M. Seger" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Mike Smith, On 06-Nov-98 you wrote: > > > > > > > > > Justin M. Seger writes: > > > > Are we still booting into single user mode by default, or is > > > > something wrong on > > > > my system? I'm running from a world built yesterday on an > > > > AlphaStation 200 > > > > with a serial console. Whenever it boots, I'm left at a choose a > > > > shell prompt, > > > > then I have to log in and type sh /etc/rc > > > > > > > > Am I missing something obvious? > > > > > > > > > Set the SRM console variable boot_osflags to A. > > > > > > The alpha gets at least some of its boot flags via the prom & not the > > > bootloader.. > > > > This is only applicable if you are using the NetBSD bootstrap. The > > FreeBSD bootstrap defaults to autoboot, and largely ignores the flags > > passed in from the prom. The kernel always takes its flags from the > > bootloader; the NetBSD bootloader is the culprit here. > > As I said in the other post, my experience contradicts you Mike. > but that was at 0200 last night, so anything is possible. As does mine. I haven't used the NetBSD bootstrap, and this was very neccessary to get it to boot into multiuser mode. TTYL, -Justin Seger- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message