Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:02:07 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, MIHIRA Yoshiro <sanpei@sanpei.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comconsole Message-ID: <378B46DF.544A502F@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906291251590.20335-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com>
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Doug wrote: > [about boot -P] > Hrrm... it works fine in /boot/loader.rc on -current, maybe it > doesn't work in -stable. My apologies if so. If it works on -current, is by some magic trick. :-) I just checked the source, for the sake of it... > Agreed, however there are two issues here. First, the man pages > all say that /boot.config is deprecated. Also, what I'd *really* like to > do is get a 'boot -P' in as early as possible, then still have the > autoboot option in loader. As far as I can see, that's just not possible, > although I'd love to be proven wrong. Options (as far as loader goes): load kernel -h or set console=comconsole Both will set up boot through the serial console, without interfering with normal working of autoboot. A -P in /boot.config is prefered, though, for the reasons Nordier gave. > Wow.... where were you last week when I asked for a list like > this. :-/ Could you add one more detail to this list, namely what config > files get executed when in this schedule? It would be really helpful to > me, and I'm sure others. I've read the man pages till I'm going loopy on > them and it's sinking in very slowly, but not fully there yet. Patches to the man pages would be welcomed. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Would you like to go out with me?" "I'd love to." "Oh, well, n... err... would you?... ahh... huh... what do I do next?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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