Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 11:44:52 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), rvb@cs.cmu.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Message-ID: <199901041644.LAA08520@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901041034.MAA00391@ceia.nordier.com> References: <199901041009.VAA30233@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199901041034.MAA00391@ceia.nordier.com>
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<<On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:33:55 +0200 (SAT), Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> said: > Thanks, I wasn't aware that etc/make.conf settings affected the > old boot blocks. I'll bring the new stuff into line. While you're at it, please make it possible to build bootblocks which *don't* allow user interruption. As they stand now, the ability to let any old person walk up to a machine and tell it what to boot represents a serious weakness. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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