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From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Subject: Re: Booting in single user mode
Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, "Justin M.Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com>,
        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>,
        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.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


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