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Date:      Mon, 4 Jan 1999 11:44:52 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
Cc:        bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), rvb@cs.cmu.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New boot blocks for serial console ...
Message-ID:  <199901041644.LAA08520@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199901041034.MAA00391@ceia.nordier.com>
References:  <199901041009.VAA30233@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199901041034.MAA00391@ceia.nordier.com>

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<<On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:33:55 +0200 (SAT), Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> said:

> Thanks, I wasn't aware that etc/make.conf settings affected the
> old boot blocks.  I'll bring the new stuff into line.

While you're at it, please make it possible to build bootblocks which
*don't* allow user interruption.  As they stand now, the ability to
let any old person walk up to a machine and tell it what to boot
represents a serious weakness.

-GAWollman

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