From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 7 11:45:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03013 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 11:45:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles356.castles.com [208.214.167.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03007 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 11:45:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA05739; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 11:44:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811071944.LAA05739@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org cc: "Justin M. Seger" , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting in single user mode In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Nov 1998 13:04:20 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 11:44:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Am I missing something obvious? > > I have somewhat of the reverse problem. It always boot in MU mode. > > I do (from the SRM) > > >>> boot -flags s dkc0 > > And then from the loader: > > disk0> boot /boot/kernel.NICKEL > > and end up in single user as expected. > > However, if I do: > > >>> boot dkc0 > ... > disk0> boot /boot/kernel.NICKEL -s > > and end up in MU. There was a bug in the option parsing for loaded kernels that was fixed on the i386; I expect that it still exists on the alpha. I am still struggling to get an Alpha test box up and going (more a case of lack of time than any other problem). > Oh, on the subject of booting: > > It also appears as if when there is a /kernel.GENERIC, and a > /boot/kernel.GENERIC, what actually boots is /kernel. Sounds strange... Kernels are never searched for in /boot; the default kernel search path is /kernel, /kernel.old. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message