Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 16:23:21 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: hackers@freebsd.org, peter@taronga.com Subject: Re: machine reboot & kernel maxusers option Message-ID: <199511260523.QAA16597@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>I really don't like the two dozen ``foo: not found at address ...'' >>messages for the installation kernel. >I like it. A lot. I hate systems that don't tell me what the hell they're >doing on boot-up (see also, Windows NT, SCO, Unixware). I like them too, but the message buffer isn't large enough for many more. Yesterday I tested 23 extended DOS partitions D: to Z: and the message buffer filled up with messages about strange partition data, overwriting more important messages. A message buffer in libdisk filled up and overwrote the stack. The kernel message buffer should be much larger until syslogd can be run. >How about at least an "options BOOTVERBOSE" for us belt-and-suspenders types? Note that the `bootverbose' flag is not a verbose booting flag; it is a verbose flag that is set at boot time and happens to be used more while booting. There should be a sysctl to control it after booting and some way to set the defaults for all boot-control values Bruce
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