Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:26:35 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/boot.conf -> /boot/boot.rc Message-ID: <51112.915963995@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Jan 1999 12:19:33 %2B0200." <199901101019.MAA09062@ceia.nordier.com>
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> The present boot.config is still needed to set serial options, > particularly for remote administration. (The idea being that the > bootblocks are more likely to survive a corruption of /, and can > boot an emergency ELF or a.out kernel if necessary.) OK, a fair point. > Most of the time, these files probably *won't* exist. However, when > they *do* exist, they might as well exist under more appropriate > names. Hmmm. How about a compromise, since I'm still hung up on the POLA argument for legacy users of boot2? Have it look in both locations, /boot/boot2.conf being first, and don't print an error message if it can't find one of them. Would that be too many speculative reads? - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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