Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:30:43 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: ru@ucb.crimea.ua (Ruslan Ermilov), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [BTX loader]: boot command doesn't work as expected Message-ID: <199903142030.MAA08229@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1999 22:15:09 %2B0200." <199903142015.WAA09907@ceia.nordier.com>
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> > Hi! > > > > boot -c - works > > boot /kernel - works > > boot -c /kernel - doesn't work > > > > Any clue? > > What are you actually getting, when it doesn't work? Is the -c option > simply ignored? I ask because I've tried about 8 times here, using > various permutations, and got some unexpected results. Though, in all > cases, I did get a "config>" prompt. Is the behavior consistently > reproducible? The loader explicitly checks argv[1] for a kernel name in command_boot. If you put an argument first, the kernel name will be passed to the MD boot code as an argument as well. Not what the user wantsm for sure. -- \\ 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
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