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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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 > of using loader(8)), but I either get a hang before the kernel prints > anything, or a BTX halted. Is this still supposed to work in 6- > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFBGPTWry0BWjoQKURAp9nAKDn6L59SvK0wMO/sYQRtO2R3I4ixACbBEMu nRtzAn/EXKK//zIjEhPpKJ8= =3k9L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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