Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:10:44 +0200 From: Alex <usov@hq.ups.kiev.ua> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot prompts Message-ID: <383BD5C4.E5BF1C0@hq.ups.kiev.ua> References: <383B1BA1.D804596D@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> > I have seen two different boot prompts. > One when the F1/F2 prompt is shown (DOS, > FreeBSD) and then another if i hit a > key while the countdown is going on. > What is the difference between these > two? I know they allow different > kernels to be loaded and configurations, > but which one does what? > > -jm The first one is F1/F2 prompt - than one let`s you to choose the drive and/or partition you want to boot from. The second boot prompt allows you to choose the kernel to boot: as I remember boot kernel - ordinary kernel boot kernel.GENERIC - generic kernel load ... - to load KLM and so on for detalis see Handbook Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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