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Date:      Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:13:24 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Still possible to directly boot without loader?
Message-ID:  <20060910191323.GA7721@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A8131D4-881E-4873-A682-543A1A88C063@lassitu.de>
References:  <3A8131D4-881E-4873-A682-543A1A88C063@lassitu.de>

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On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 09:10:26PM +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote:
> I just tried to load my standard kernel from the boot blocks (instead =20
> of using loader(8)), but I either get a hang before the kernel prints =20
> anything, or a BTX halted.  Is this still supposed to work in 6-=20
> stable, or has it finally disappeared?

Without access to the device.hints (either from loader or compiled in)
you won't have a working console (and possibly other devices), so the
kernel may appear to hang while booting.

Kris

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