Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:36:56 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comconsole Message-ID: <378CA088.FCF5BA38@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907131323240.17025-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com>
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Doug wrote: > > Ok, but my (very imperfect) understanding of the -h option to boot > is that it will not send any boot messages to the "real" console (plugged > in keyboard and monitor)? We sometimes need to plug one in, so -P (probe > keyboard and then send the boot messages where they belong) is what I need > to do. I'm sure I've got something else wrong here though.... Indeed, loader does not have a -P option. I was just clarifying on passing options to kernel without losing autoboot. > Ok, then someone ought to fix the man page that says that > /boot.config is deprecated. I think it's loader.conf, or loader. You are probably refering to /boot/boot.conf, are you not? Two different things altogether. > If I had even a glimmer of understanding, I would do just that, > but honestly the way all of these different elements interact is still a > mystery. I have managed to slap enough things around to get it to do > what I want to do, but I still don't feel like I understand what's > happening or why. I do appreciate you taking the time to help though. Yeah, oh, well... it took me some time to get a grasp on it too... :-) -- 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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