From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 12 19:30:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA08236 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:30:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from capecod.net (poca42.capecod.net [205.230.13.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA08229 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:30:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crtb@capecod.net) Received: from localhost (crtb@localhost) by capecod.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA00947 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:16:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:16:17 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: booting in -c mode; obvious answer In-Reply-To: <199711120124.UAA01697@capecod.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sorry this has continued! I got the right answer from about four people: for NO good reason, I had copied a line from LINT into my kernel's config file which I shouldn't have, namely: options USERCONFIG_BOOT #imply -c and parse info area ---and that's why the kernel always booted in -c mode. >From now on, any kernel reconfig will include a close look at the config file diffs! Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Chuck wrote: > Alex sez: > >On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Chuck wrote: > >> Just when I thought I had the hang of it :-( > >> > >> Whenever I boot one of my two 2.2.2R systems, I get the configuration > >> menu before the boot continues. I have to hit return to finish the > >> boot. The other system boots cleanly. [ ... ]