From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 7 17:25:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15929 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 17:25:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp6.portal.net.au [202.12.71.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15921 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 17:25:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01012; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:13:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812080013.QAA01012@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: dima@best.net cc: ufkartfm@pacific.net (curtis), freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multia - FreeBSD/axp - boot.conf In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 10:36:18 PST." <199812071836.KAA01459@burka.rdy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 16:13:10 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Heh. > > Anyway. I think, what we should do is to allow having something like this: > > /load ${bootfile} > /boot > > If bootfile is not set, it should default to "/kernel". > > Or something similar. Why not check the sources; you'll discover that this is almost exactly what the loader does; it actually uses 'autoboot' so that the process can be interrupted. -- \\ 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-alpha" in the body of the message