Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 12:03:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: Michael Smith <msmith@mass.dis.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nextboot loader diff Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205091201540.558-100000@smtp.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <200205091858.g49IwKI3002052@mass.dis.org>
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On Thu, 9 May 2002, Michael Smith wrote: > > I've finally learned enough forth to put together a diff to implement some > > nextboot functionality in the loader. > > > > Basically, the loader peeks into the first line of /boot/nextboot.conf to > > see if nextboot_enable="YES" is there. If it is, it reads the entire > > config, then rewrites the first line to nextboot_enable="NO" > > Don't do this. Put the variables directly into loader.conf. There's no > need for another file. I think it's a bad idea to try to rewrite /boot/loader.conf. I purposely went for /boot/nextboot.conf so that if something went wrong with the rewrite, it (hopefully) wouldn't hose the user's settings. -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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