Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:49:28 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, rvb@cs.cmu.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990104084633.53477B-100000@eccles.salk.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901041644.LAA08520@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:33:55 +0200 (SAT), Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> said: > > > Thanks, I wasn't aware that etc/make.conf settings affected the > > old boot blocks. I'll bring the new stuff into line. > > While you're at it, please make it possible to build bootblocks which > *don't* allow user interruption. As they stand now, the ability to > let any old person walk up to a machine and tell it what to boot > represents a serious weakness. > > -GAWollman > Actually, the weakness is "letting any old person walk up to a machine" in the first place --possibly with a floppy disk, floppy disk drive, assorted cables, and screwdriver in hand! Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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