Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 08:50:18 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook installation chapter for Alpha architecture Message-ID: <20010912085018.X48793@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200109102338.f8ANcUG66810@nimitz.packetdesign.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:38:30PM -0700 References: <200109102338.f8ANcUG66810@nimitz.packetdesign.com>
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One comment:
Unlike the i386, Alpha boot flags must be specified via the SRM - eg it
isn't possible[1] to boot single user by issuing 'boot -s' to the
FreeBSD boot-loader, you have to use 'boot -fl s' at the SRM.
[1] At least it wasn't a couple of months ago when I last updated my
system.
Peter
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