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Date:      Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:02:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Handbook installation chapter for Alpha architecture
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010912100232.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010912085018.X48793@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>

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On 11-Sep-01 Peter Jeremy wrote:
> One comment:
> Unlike the i386, Alpha boot flags must be specified via the SRM - eg it
> isn't possible[1] to boot single user by issuing 'boot -s' to the
> FreeBSD boot-loader, you have to use 'boot -fl s' at the SRM.
> 
> [1] At least it wasn't a couple of months ago when I last updated my
>     system.

Erm, I've used 'boot -s' from the loader many, many, many times on my alpha test
systems.

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