Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 09:43:09 -0500 From: "Justin M. Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: Booting in single user mode Message-ID: <199811081443.JAA15433@freebsd.scds.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Nov 1998 13:06:00 EST." <XFMail.981107130600.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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> Mike Smith, On 06-Nov-98 you wrote: > > > > > > > > > Justin M. Seger writes: > > > > Are we still booting into single user mode by default, or is > > > > something wrong on > > > > my system? I'm running from a world built yesterday on an > > > > AlphaStation 200 > > > > with a serial console. Whenever it boots, I'm left at a choose a > > > > shell prompt, > > > > then I have to log in and type sh /etc/rc > > > > > > > > Am I missing something obvious? > > > > > > > > > Set the SRM console variable boot_osflags to A. > > > > > > The alpha gets at least some of its boot flags via the prom & not the > > > bootloader.. > > > > This is only applicable if you are using the NetBSD bootstrap. The > > FreeBSD bootstrap defaults to autoboot, and largely ignores the flags > > passed in from the prom. The kernel always takes its flags from the > > bootloader; the NetBSD bootloader is the culprit here. > > As I said in the other post, my experience contradicts you Mike. > but that was at 0200 last night, so anything is possible. As does mine. I haven't used the NetBSD bootstrap, and this was very neccessary to get it to boot into multiuser mode. TTYL, -Justin Seger- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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