From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 23 10:12:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8868116A401 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:12:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) Received: from lexi.siliconlandmark.com (lexi.siliconlandmark.com [209.69.98.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FFA213C48D for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:12:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) Received: from [10.0.1.5] (cpe-24-33-245-212.twmi.res.rr.com [24.33.245.212]) by lexi.siliconlandmark.com (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l1NABxtw083000; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:12:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0702230050p58c65c2cwffa1236b909ebb4a@mail.gmail.com> References: <790a9fff0702211031r226ba0bdsfab2eab5f4748191@mail.gmail.com> <20070221191551.19A9745053@ptavv.es.net> <20070221211039.GA859@heather.menantico.com> <790a9fff0702212329o19826332lf01676ae286e264a@mail.gmail.com> <171CD081-E699-468F-A70F-E035C99DF3EF@siliconlandmark.com> <790a9fff0702230050p58c65c2cwffa1236b909ebb4a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <6BA4DF14-24D7-4E15-82C0-D41F839080D0@siliconlandmark.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Andre Guibert de Bruet Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:11:58 -0500 To: "Scot Hetzel" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/2631/Thu Feb 22 16:33:11 2007 on lexi.siliconlandmark.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-SL-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-SL-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0.006, required 6, AWL 0.56, BAYES_00 -2.60, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 2.05, SPF_PASS -0.00) X-MailScanner-From: andy@siliconlandmark.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to use network early in boot with recent -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:12:08 -0000 On Feb 23, 2007, at 3:50 AM, Scot Hetzel wrote: > On 2/23/07, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: >> Just out of curiosity, have you come across nextboot(8)? >> > Just read the man page, and I can't use it due to how I boot my > system. > > Since, nextboot only allows the specified kernel to be used > temporarily, When the system is booted for the 3rd time it would be > back to the original kernel. I usually want to use the same kernel on > the next boot. > > If I want to use a different kernel I specify it in loader.conf. > > I set it up this way so that I could run 4 Linux Test Project (LTP) > tests. These runs consists of: > > 2 runs on /boot/kernel_debug (linux version set to 2.4.2, and > 2.6.16) > 2 runs on /boot/kernel_p4_debug (linux version set to 2.4.2, and > 2.6.16) > > These runs are used to test the status of the linuxolator on > FreeBSD/amd64. Gotcha. One thing that it lets you easily do is boot in single-user mode upon reboot (Using -o "-s") without having to babysit the machine. I use it to test throw-away kernels with untested changes, in a VM. Andy /* Andre Guibert de Bruet * 6f43 6564 7020 656f 2e74 4220 7469 6a20 */ /* Code poet / Sysadmin * 636f 656b 2e79 5320 7379 6461 696d 2e6e */ /* GSM: +1 734 846 8758 * 5520 494e 2058 6c73 7565 6874 002e 0000 */ /* WWW: siliconlandmark.com * C/C++, Java, Perl, PHP, SQL, XHTML, XML */