From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jun 25 13:13:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dt054n86.san.rr.com (dt054n86.san.rr.com [24.30.152.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43ECD15095 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:13:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt054n86.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03515 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:13:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:13:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug X-Sender: doug@dt054n86.san.rr.com To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: boot -P AND autoboot possible? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I set up a serial console on my -current box and putting "-P" in /boot.config worked just fine, but I'd really like to use the new loader and such, plus according to the man page for loader /boot.config is deprecated. The only problem is I couldn't figure out where exactly this option should go. I tried a lot of things, none of which worked. In an ideal world what I'd like to have is the autoboot prompt with a delay, and then boot -P. Is this even possible? And is there any move to improving the documentation for the new loader stuff, or is it still in transition? I can submit patches for the man page(s) if I can get a grip on what's happening where (and when). :-/ What I'd really like to see is a chronological listing, like: First, foo happens Here are the options for "foo," they go in the "foo.conf" file Next, bar happens Here are the options for "bar," they go in the "bar.conf" file, but can be overriden with the "bar.rc" file... Etc. The current man pages come close to this, but I still get lost going back and forth between the various pages. Any comments, pointers to docs, etc. welcome. Thanks, Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. -- Will Rogers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message