From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 29 15:25:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA12069 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:25:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA12064 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:25:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00714; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:24:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810292324.PAA00714@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Viren R. Shah" cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The new bootloader - how do you set it up? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:21:07 EST." <199810292321.SAA00678@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:24:48 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Smith writes: > > >> way to find out whether the new boot stages were installed? What > >> should I be seeing with the new boot blocks? > > Mike> Remove /boot.config. The new loader does its very best to > Mike> look-and-feel just like the old one. > > That definitely changed something. The help screen is no longer > shown. So hopefully that means that I'm using the new boot blocks. Yup. With no cues, the new loader will just sit there for a few seconds (you can hit a key at this point and get the boot: prompt and help) and then load /boot/loader. > One unexpected side effect of my setup is that when I type in "reboot" > at the /boot/loader prompt, I get sent back to the NT loader menu. That's correct; 'reboot' actually calls the IPL vector (int19 IIRC), so it's faster than a soft reset. -- \\ 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-hackers" in the body of the message