Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 22:30:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bootblocks / Bootloader Message-ID: <199901040630.WAA10329@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 07:34:36 %2B0100." <XFMail.990104073436.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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> On 03-Jan-99 Mike Smith wrote: > >> > Bear in mind that, most of the time, the new boot blocks simply > >> > pass control to /boot/loader. You can use *recent* versions of > >> > the old boot blocks to start /boot/loader as well. > >> > >> Weird thing is that the first time it displayed the FreeBSD/i386 Boot > >> message and after I rm'ed /boot.config I never saw it again, and I > >> rebooted two/three times... > > > > That's normal; the "old" help is only displayed in "compatibility" > > mode. Without a /boot.config, the bootblocks try to be as quiet as > > possible. You may notice the spinner stop for a couple of seconds; if > > you hit a key at that point, you'll drop back into "compatibility" mode > > again. > > Well, it struck me as odd after reading Robert's tips about installing the > bootblocks. He explicitly referred to the old boot message with the hex > adresses in it, and the other consisting only of the message FreeBSD/i386 > Boot. Hence I got to wonder about it. You'll only get the message from the new boot2 if you drop into it. > Yes I did notice the waiting of the spinner. Is that fallback a permanent one > of just one to get through the transition time of a.out > elf? Just in case > the bootblocks mess up for people. It's permanent; you can use it to load a monolithic ELF kernel for rescue purposes. -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message
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