Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 23:51:29 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader version src/share/examp Message-ID: <XFMail.011210235129.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45370.1008043656@winston.freebsd.org>
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On 11-Dec-01 Jordan Hubbard wrote: >> All these loader commits make it possible to overwrite the existing contents > of >> a file on a UFS filesystem. This allows us to finally implement nextboot >> for >> example. It currently only works on x86, but all that is needed on other >> arc > > Woohoo, cool! It also lets one finally write the kernel hints editor > fully in forth, too! :) You could already do that. The rc scripts (or sysinstall) merely need do: kenv | grep ^hint > /boot/device.hints to save the results of editing the environment strings in the loader. :) > - Jordan -- 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 cvs-all" in the body of the message
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