From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 7 06:45:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03867 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:45:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from burka.rdy.com (burka.rdy.com [205.149.163.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03862 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:45:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@burka.rdy.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by burka.rdy.com (8.9.1/RDY&DVV) id GAA96384; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:45:12 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812071445.GAA96384@burka.rdy.com> Subject: Re: Multia - FreeBSD/axp - boot.conf In-Reply-To: <366B78AE.66D3680F@pacific.net> from curtis at "Dec 7, 1998 6:41:50 am" To: ufkartfm@pacific.net (curtis) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:45:11 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Class: Fast Organization: HackerDome Reply-To: dima@best.net From: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org curtis writes: > I found that putting boot.conf in /boot (on the Multia) will speed up > the hard disk boot process and eliminates having to press enter or wait > for a countdown. (smile - in other words, it saves an extra step) > > multia# pwd > /boot > multia# ls -l boot.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20 Dec 7 14:22 boot.conf > multia# cat boot.conf > @load /kernel > @boot The problem with config like this is: if somehow you break /kernel - you screwed. You won't be able to anything. System will try to load your broken kernel no matter what. > > -- > curtis - ufkartfm@pacific.net - site administrator for Nobody > I want Nobody to control my life! How about you? > http://www.netvideo.com/nobody > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > -- dima To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message