Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:50:35 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Patrick Mahan <PMahan@adaranet.com> Cc: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102011846570.4245@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102011822001.4141@wonkity.com> References: <4D48257F.7030800@ifdnrg.com> <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075B2@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> <20110201195213.GR75125@dan.emsphone.com> <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075D8@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102011822001.4141@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Patrick Mahan wrote: > >> It's at the root - >> >> # echo /boot.conf >> -P > > Line 78 of sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c says: > > #define PATH_CONFIG "/boot.config" > > Also, there's boot.config(5). If boot.conf also works, maybe it's only > looking for a match on the first 8 or 9 characters. Just tested this on an 8.1-stable VM, with a file containing only a "-s" (no quotes): /boot.conf - no effect /boot.config - boots into single-user mode
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