Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:34:48 -0800 From: Paul Saab <ps@freebsd.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <daniel.sobral@tcoip.com.br>, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common panic.c Message-ID: <20011128103448.A70199@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011128131657.37721O-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:18:59PM -0500 References: <3C0514EB.3040100@tcoip.com.br> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011128131657.37721O-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson (rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG) wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > > Yes, it does. This is panic on loader, though. If it panics on loader > > once, it will always panic on loader without manual (console) > > intervention. > > > > I'm open to hearing arguments/evidence to the contrary, though. > > With pxeboot, I can replace the loader on whim; if I'm pulling stuff in > and out using an NFS root I can change the sets of modules and scripts run > remotely, etc. When you say "console intervention", do you include the > serial console? If so, no problem; if not, then I'd rather have a > spinning boot than have to hit a key on the real system console :-). > > Of course, one of the things I dislike about my current batch of PXE boxes > is that if PXE fails, it requires a console keypress to try again without > hard booting :-(. Not if you compile BTX with BOOT_BTX_NOHANG defined. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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