Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:15:38 +0800 From: "Mars G. Miro" <marsgmiro@gmail.com> To: Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loading mfsroot image from included 4th file Message-ID: <28edec3c0602032115i206256c6w6d3bbe8335fb72c6@mail.gmail.com>
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> I am trying to add a custom command I can run from the loader to boot
> the system with an mfsroot image, but my forth skills are somewhat
> lacking.
How about loading it from loader.conf?
% cat /boot/loader.conf
mfsroot_load=3D"YES"
mfsroot_type=3D"mfs_root"
mfsroot_name=3D"/boot/mfsroot"
> So far I have the following contained in a file called
> /boot/imageloader.4th which I include from loader.rc:
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> marker task-imageloader.4th
> : update
> ." Loading updater mfsroot..." cr
> \ Load mfsroot here
> s" ufs:md0a" s" vfs.root.mountfrom" setenv
> 0 boot
> ;
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> I am however unsure of the code to load the actual mfsroot image.
> If I run the following two commands manually I get the intended result:
> OK load -t mfs_root /boot/mfsroot
> OK update
> Any hints would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> --
> Christian Laursen
cheers
mars
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