Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 17:56:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loader question Message-ID: <15056.56981.182610.490971@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010408200629.A9B1B3811@overcee.netplex.com.au> References: <15056.50143.136761.578801@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20010408200629.A9B1B3811@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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Peter Wemm writes: > Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > How do you make the loader _NOT_ load a kernel until after the > > countdown? > > > > On slow media (like NFS boots or VMware, or old AlphaServers) its > > really painful to wait for the kernel to unload just so you can unload > > it and then load an alternate kernel. > > This initial load is done by the 4th code. I suspect it is configurable > to not do this, but if you want to do it by brute force, nuke loader.rc > and do it all by hand. Actually, that doens't seem to work. (at least for a loader from last November). Given that the machine is 3K miles away, I think I'll just deal with the slowness for now & not risk crippling it. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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