Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 07:02:43 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Patrick Hartling <mystify@friley-184-92.res.iastate.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reading a text file with BTX Message-ID: <199901311502.HAA06566@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:10:20 CST." <199901281610.KAA04600@friley-184-92.res.iastate.edu>
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> Is there a way to view the contents of a text file (specifically, > /boot/loader.rc) with BTX? Now that there are all these nifty new modules, > my kernel is a lot smaller and my /boot/loader.rc is a lot longer. The way > I have my /boot/loader.rc setup is such that it unloads everythin > automatically loaded if I drop to the BTX prompt instead of autobooting. > This is fairly convenient except when I want to boot an alternate kernel but > still load all the same modules that I use in my default kernel. If there > isn't such a feature, it would be really nice if there were a 'cat' command > or something along those lines so that I could read the contents of > /boot/loader.rc and get everything properly reloaded by hand. Could it be > added or could I just make my own somehow? Thanks a bunch. Perhaps try something like: @set kernelname=kernel @read -t 5 -p "Enter kernel name [kernel] : " kernelname @load $kernelname @include /boot/modules.default -include /boot/modules.$kernelname @autoboot 5 The 'include' commands make it easier to keep your module sets organised, should you want to do that. -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message
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