From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 3 22:33:33 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA01694 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 22:33:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles317.castles.com [208.214.167.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA01686 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 22:33:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA10329 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 22:30:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901040630.WAA10329@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bootblocks / Bootloader In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 07:34:36 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 22:30:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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