Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:22:56 +1100 From: Horst =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Burkhardt III <horst@sxemacs.org> To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Another idea. Message-ID: <1226524976.23132.59.camel@horst-tla> In-Reply-To: <20081112085309.598a6fc1@tau.draftnet> References: <1226507560.23132.56.camel@horst-tla> <491B059B.6060506@freebsd.org> <20081112085309.598a6fc1@tau.draftnet>
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--=-p/RBSIrw6gzUDOdiC//W Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 08:53 -0800, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:34:35 -0600 > Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > > Horst G__nther Burkhardt III wrote: > > > Ok, it's possible on x86 (iirc) to make FreeBSD boot directly into > > > single-user mode, and not bother with /etc/rc.d and the like. > > >=20 > > > Is it possible to feed a flag to the ofw bootloader to do something > > > similar? It would help greatly. > > >=20 > > > Thanks, > > > -- Horst. > >=20 > > boot -s at the loader prompt, just like on x86. >=20 > The boot process on powerpc is slightly different than on x86, because > you don't get the nice boot screen where you press 6 to get to the > prompt. Instead you get a message saying something like > "Booting /boot/kernel/kernel in 10 seconds...". Press a key at that > point and you get a prompt where you can enter "boot -s" to go to > single-user mode. Thanks, both of you - i knew about the boot ofw thingy, but basically just forgot the manual params to bypass multiuser. The computer is fixed now and i don't need to reinstall - yay =3D) --Horst --=-p/RBSIrw6gzUDOdiC//W Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkkbSTAACgkQRtTtv0BbTe7QIQCbBs4Um1MGPWKIK6D7dyQUh9Qc jrkAn0K7iFPNdIzFSkeraGTZjWQKFzj5 =E0cM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-p/RBSIrw6gzUDOdiC//W--
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