Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:23:22 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: serial console + boot blip Message-ID: <XFMail.020110142322.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020110205850.GA14046@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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On 10-Jan-02 Leo Bicknell wrote: > In a message written on Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:47:44PM -0800, John Baldwin > wrote: >> > As as aside, I'm also thinking it might be useful to have a prompt >> > at that point (on serial console anyway) asking if you want to go >> > into single user mode, since you don't get to select that earlier >> > with a serial console. >> >> Sure you can. Interrupt the loader and do 'boot -s' just like you would on >> a >> video console. > > Ok, maybe I'm just not getting in soon enough to see that then, > due to it not letting me in until DTR is high. > >> > Have others noticed this behavior? Does anyone know a way to >> > work around it? Does some init genuis know why this happens? >> >> I have not had this behavior before, but as Alfred mentioned, I do use nohup >> on >> my terminals. > > Setting nohup means that when I log out it won't hangup though, > right? I like that behavior, what I don't like is the hangup on > the switch from kernel mode to {single,multi}-user mode. You can't have your cake and eat it, too. Pick one or the other. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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