Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 22:47:29 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot1 Message-ID: <XFMail.020103224729.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <003c01c194c0$6feb5550$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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On 04-Jan-02 Matthew Emmerton wrote: >> On 03-Jan-02 David E. Cross wrote: >> > I'd like to create a /boot.config switch that will have boot1 _not_ read > from >> > the console; this is for a secure setup. Would others be interested in > these >> > patches when I finish them? >> >> Yes. I've seen other places use this, and I would commit it. :) > > How would this affect systems where you *have* to hit enter at the first > "boot:" prompt in order to kick off a boot sequence? I've got two identical > machines (same hardware, cloned hard drives), and one of them simply won't > boot unless you hit enter. Turning off console imput would render this > system useless after a reboot :) > > I think there's a PR open about this somewhere. Errr, why do you have to hit enter? If this patch does what I think it does, you won't even get a boot: prompt at all, it will just jump straight into the loader (or kernel). Besides, it wouldn't be on by default. You would have to explicitly turn it on via a flag in /boot.config. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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