Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 23:53:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, "Justin M. Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting in single user mode Message-ID: <199811070753.XAA00484@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 21:08:17 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811062107100.19324-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > 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. > > Are you sure? I think that we still use the prom flags in the alpha > loader (they still work anyway - I used them this morning). You'd know 8). I recall a discussion where we decided that we'd autoboot by default, so perhaps it's just that 'a' is implicit and 's' will cause single-user mode? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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