Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:12:42 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting a kernel directly from stage 1/2 Message-ID: <20110219121242.GA55551@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4D5FB2C7.7060200@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20110219024726.GA3909@freebsd.org> <4D5FB2C7.7060200@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sat Feb 19 11, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 19/02/2011 02:47, Alexander Best wrote: > > but that won't work. i get some numbers and then it says: > > btx halted or something like that. > > Can't you boot into fixit mode from installation media? That should > allow you to repair the boot blocks and make your system bootable again. sorry if i wasn't clear enough. my system works perfectly normal. all i want is to avoid running through the booting stage 3 (i.e. running /boot/loader), because i want to speed up the boot time. cheers. alex > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW > -- a13x
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