Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 13:10:03 -0500 (EST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, "Justin M.Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Subject: Re: Booting in single user mode Message-ID: <XFMail.981107131003.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199811070753.XAA00484@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith, On 07-Nov-98 you wrote: > > 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? I would vote for obeying the flags. Very convinient and I think the SRM remembers your last choice. Simon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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