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Date:      Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:37:06 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, mini@haikugeek.com, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>, Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jon Mini <haikugeek@haikugeek.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader version src/share/examp
Message-ID:  <XFMail.011211123706.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011212072536.G73243@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>

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On 11-Dec-01 Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2001-Dec-11 13:38:13 -0600, Jon Mini <haikugeek@haikugeek.com> wrote:
>>A "secure loader" is already present on the system. Don't use autoboot,
>>and reboot if the boot script fails. Or, more specifically, add this to
>>loader.rc:
>>
>>boot
>>bye
>>
>>... should the boot word return (i.e. no kernel was found during the
>>automatic load process), the bye word will reboot the system. No chance is
>>given for anyone at the console to interrupt this process.
> 
> Last time I checked, boot0 still included a 1-second pause to allow
> you to specify an alternative boot path.  I'm not sure how easy it is
> to disable this.

boot0 doen't do this, boot2 does, and that's why I used a patched boot2 in my
lab.

> Peter

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