Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:53:09 -0800 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Another idea. Message-ID: <20081112085309.598a6fc1@tau.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <491B059B.6060506@freebsd.org> References: <1226507560.23132.56.camel@horst-tla> <491B059B.6060506@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:34:35 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > Horst G__nther Burkhardt III wrote: > > Ok, it's possible on x86 (iirc) to make FreeBSD boot directly into > > single-user mode, and not bother with /etc/rc.d and the like. > > > > Is it possible to feed a flag to the ofw bootloader to do something > > similar? It would help greatly. > > > > Thanks, > > -- Horst. > > boot -s at the loader prompt, just like on x86. The boot process on powerpc is slightly different than on x86, because you don't get the nice boot screen where you press 6 to get to the prompt. Instead you get a message saying something like "Booting /boot/kernel/kernel in 10 seconds...". Press a key at that point and you get a prompt where you can enter "boot -s" to go to single-user mode. -- Bruce Cran
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