Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 13:06:29 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loader question Message-ID: <20010408200629.A9B1B3811@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <15056.50143.136761.578801@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > How do you make the loader _NOT_ load a kernel until after the > countdown? > > On slow media (like NFS boots or VMware, or old AlphaServers) its > really painful to wait for the kernel to unload just so you can unload > it and then load an alternate kernel. This initial load is done by the 4th code. I suspect it is configurable to not do this, but if you want to do it by brute force, nuke loader.rc and do it all by hand. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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