Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 01:43:58 -0700 (PDT) From: pekkas@netcore.fi To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/19215: if /boot.config is present, user intervention is required at boot time. Message-ID: <20000612084358.93D7537C981@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 19215 >Category: misc >Synopsis: if /boot.config is present, user intervention is required at boot time. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 12 01:50:00 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Pekka Savola >Release: 3.4-STABLE >Organization: - >Environment: FreeBSD loghost1 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE #1: Wed Feb 16 21:30:36 EET 2000 root@loghost1:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOGHOST i386 This box has been updated from 2.2.6 -> 2.2.8 -> 3.2-R -> 3.4-S with cvsup. >Description: I queried about this in freebsd-questions, but since no one replied, I doubt this is a real feature. If you put anything in /boot.config, user intervention will be required at boot time; for example, putting "kernel -P" or "0:wd(0,a)/kernel -P" in /boot.config yields the following: ---- >How-To-Repeat: put e.g. 'kernel' in /boot.config. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:wd(0,a) boot: No >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:wd(0,a) ---- Note 'No' there. You _have_ to type 'kernel', 'kernel -P' , '/boot/loader', or whatever you want by hand. Boot process will remain forever waiting for user input there otherwise. Deleting /boot.config file restores the automatic booting w/ boot loader. I'm happy to do some tests on this if you like. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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