From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Nov 16 16:40:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA00668 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 16:40:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA00649; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 16:40:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 16:40:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611170040.QAA00649@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Bruce Evans Subject: Re: i386/2041: typo in /sys/i386/boot/biosboot/boot.c Reply-To: Bruce Evans Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR i386/2041; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans To: charnier@xp11.frmug.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/2041: typo in /sys/i386/boot/biosboot/boot.c Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 11:33:59 +1100 >diff -u -r1.60 boot.c >--- boot.c 1996/10/08 22:41:34 1.60 >+++ boot.c 1996/11/16 12:34:46 >@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ > /* If we have looped, use the previous entries as defaults */ > printf("\n>> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x%x: %d/%d k of memory\n" > "Usage: [[[%d:][%s](%d,a)]%s][-abcCdghrsv]\n" >- "Use 1:sd(0,a)kernel to boot sd0 if it is BIOS drive 1\n" >+ "Use 1:sd(0,a)/kernel to boot sd0 if it is BIOS drive 1\n" > "Use ? for file list or press Enter for defaults\n\nBoot: ", > ouraddr, bootinfo.bi_basemem, bootinfo.bi_extmem, > dosdev & 0x7f, devs[maj], unit, name); This was intentional. "/" is the current directory, so you don't have to type it after sd(0,a) any more than you have to type it when you just give the kernel name (e.g., kernel.old). Leaving it out saves 1 byte :-). Bruce