From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 7 08:06:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA12540 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:06:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pacific.net (pacific.pacific.net [199.4.80.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA12527 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:06:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ufkartfm@pacific.net) Received: from pacific.net (slime-lake.pacific.net [209.209.2.250]) by pacific.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA21621; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:06:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <366B8C9F.8E68566F@pacific.net> Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 08:06:55 +0000 From: curtis Organization: Flying Snail Ranch X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dima@best.net CC: "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Multia - FreeBSD/axp - boot.conf References: <199812071445.GAA96384@burka.rdy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Dima, (smile) not necessarily 'screwed' - One can: boot dka0 -file kernel.old and enter (^D) control D at the prompt to get back the previous kernel allowing one to telnet to back to the 'target' machine and make correct- ions as necessary. In my case, before I build a new kernel, I copy the 'working kernel' to another file name - (smile) just in case my new kerenl breaks something and can boot it, using the above method. good luck and have fun, curtis Dima Ruban wrote: > > curtis writes: > > I found that putting boot.conf in /boot (on the Multia) will speed up > > the hard disk boot process and eliminates having to press enter or wait > > for a countdown. (smile - in other words, it saves an extra step) > > > > multia# pwd > > /boot > > multia# ls -l boot.conf > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20 Dec 7 14:22 boot.conf > > multia# cat boot.conf > > @load /kernel > > @boot > > The problem with config like this is: if somehow you break /kernel - > you screwed. You won't be able to anything. System will try to load > your broken kernel no matter what. -- curtis - ufkartfm@pacific.net - site administrator for Nobody I want Nobody to control my life! How about you? http://www.netvideo.com/nobody To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message