Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 12:30:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: "Justin M. Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting in single user mode Message-ID: <199811062030.MAA00654@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 10:40:53 EST." <13891.6088.957405.907290@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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> > > Justin M. Seger writes: > > Are we still booting into single user mode by default, or is something wrong on > > my system? I'm running from a world built yesterday on an AlphaStation 200 > > with a serial console. Whenever it boots, I'm left at a choose a shell prompt, > > then I have to log in and type sh /etc/rc > > > > Am I missing something obvious? > > > Set the SRM console variable boot_osflags to A. > > The alpha gets at least some of its boot flags via the prom & not the > bootloader.. This is only applicable if you are using the NetBSD bootstrap. The FreeBSD bootstrap defaults to autoboot, and largely ignores the flags passed in from the prom. The kernel always takes its flags from the bootloader; the NetBSD bootloader is the culprit here. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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