serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config

2011-02-01 Thread Paul Macdonald
I'm trying to get the dell bmc +sol serial thing working, kin dof getting there, but noticed this inconsistency in the handbook: Is it boot.conf or boot.config? Create boot.config in the root directory of the a partition on the boot drive. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books

RE: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config

2011-02-01 Thread Patrick Mahan
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul Macdonald Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:24 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config I'm

Re: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config

2011-02-01 Thread Dan Nelson
in the handbook: Is it boot.conf or boot.config? Create boot.config in the root directory of the a partition on the boot drive. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html#SERIALCONSOLE-HOWTO 7.2 Create the /boot.conf file http://www.freebsd.org/doc

RE: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config

2011-02-01 Thread Patrick Mahan
opinion of Adara Networks. -Original Message- From: Dan Nelson [mailto:dnel...@allantgroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:52 AM To: Patrick Mahan Cc: Paul Macdonald; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config In the last

RE: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config

2011-02-01 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Patrick Mahan wrote: It's at the root - # echo /boot.conf -P Line 78 of sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c says: #define PATH_CONFIG /boot.config Also, there's boot.config(5). If boot.conf also works, maybe it's only looking for a match on the first 8 or 9 characters

RE: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config

2011-02-01 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Patrick Mahan wrote: It's at the root - # echo /boot.conf -P Line 78 of sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c says: #define PATH_CONFIG /boot.config Also, there's boot.config(5). If boot.conf also works, maybe it's only looking

Re: /boot.config

2010-03-31 Thread krad
usb stick. Here is the problem, the bios have no option to boot from USB device. So thinking let the bios point to first drive to start the boot process and have a /boot.config file to redirect to booting from the USB stick. I am assuming the '0' zero will mean the first USB device

Re: /boot.config

2010-03-31 Thread Fbsd1
to continue from usb stick. Here is the problem, the bios have no option to boot from USB device. So thinking let the bios point to first drive to start the boot process and have a /boot.config file to redirect to booting from the USB stick. I am assuming the '0' zero will mean the first USB device

/boot.config

2010-03-30 Thread Fbsd1
to start the boot process and have a /boot.config file to redirect to booting from the USB stick. I am assuming the '0' zero will mean the first USB device. Is there any command i can use to verify the single USB stick is the 0 device? Is this concept valid

Re: /boot.config

2010-03-30 Thread Dan Nelson
. So thinking let the bios point to first drive to start the boot process and have a /boot.config file to redirect to booting from the USB stick. I am assuming the '0' zero will mean the first USB device. Is there any command i can use to verify the single USB stick is the 0 device? If you

Re: /boot.config

2010-03-30 Thread Fbsd1
from USB device. So thinking let the bios point to first drive to start the boot process and have a /boot.config file to redirect to booting from the USB stick. I am assuming the '0' zero will mean the first USB device. Is there any command i can use to verify the single USB stick is the 0

RE: What is correct syntax in boot.config fo GPT partitions?

2010-02-08 Thread Peter Steele
I've used the syntax 1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader in boot.config to specify the boot device. This doesn't work with GPT partitions. What's the correct syntax in boot.config for GPT partitions? I looked at the source code to boot.c and there doesn't seem to be anything specifically related to GPT

What is correct syntax in boot.config fo GPT partitions?

2010-02-07 Thread Peter Steele
I've used the syntax 1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader in boot.config to specify the boot device. This doesn't work with GPT partitions. What's the correct syntax in boot.config for GPT partitions? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

boot process failure (/boot.config, boot2, loader)

2006-01-17 Thread J oberweith
option into /boot.config, so I make a /boot.config file with the number 2 in it (for the second boot option which has ACPI enabled) and reboot. Now during boot it stops in (apparently) boot2 with: Free BSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)2 boot: If I type ? to see what commands may be allowed I get

Re: boot process failure (/boot.config, boot2, loader)

2006-01-17 Thread Björn König
J oberweith schrieb: [...] Now during boot it stops in (apparently) boot2 with: Free BSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)2 boot: [...] Any ideas on how to use the boot2 system to find/edit/remove the /boot.config file? You can't. Or maybe to just tell the boot2 process to ignore

5.4-RELEASE reset with /boot.config -m

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Marciano
I wonder if someone can help me. I want to run my 5.4-RELEASE system with a serial console and muted cons. My /boot.config is: -h -m The system loads the kernel but during startup the PC resets. No messages, just a reset. If I use -h by itself it is fine. If I use -m by itself it similarly

boot.config problem, can't boot

2004-02-01 Thread Mike Jackson
Hi, I was doing some work on my gateway and decided to tighten up the security a bit... In essence, I had -h in /boot.config, but I commented it out (because I thought that somehow comments would be understood). So, now I have #-h in /boot.config, which by the way I set the immutable flag

Re: boot.config problem, can't boot

2004-02-01 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 01:06:04PM +0200, Mike Jackson wrote: I was doing some work on my gateway and decided to tighten up the security a bit... In essence, I had -h in /boot.config, but I commented it out (because I thought that somehow comments would be understood). So, now I have #-h

Re: boot.config problem, can't boot

2004-02-01 Thread Sebastian Kutsch
Hi, if you have a bootebel CD-Rom installed you can get a live CD from http://www.freesbie.org/ and boot with it. then you can mount your root-FS and edit the boot.config file. Sebastian On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:06:04 +0200 Mike Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was doing some work

Re: boot.config problem, can't boot

2004-02-01 Thread Mike Jackson
ext Sebastian Kutsch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, if you have a bootebel CD-Rom installed you can get a live CD from http://www.freesbie.org/ and boot with it. then you can mount your root-FS and edit the boot.config file. Hey, I looked at that page and that sounds cool. Sort of like

Re: boot.config problem, can't boot

2004-02-01 Thread Sebastian Kutsch
the boot.config file. Hey, I looked at that page and that sounds cool. Sort of like the Knoppix linux project. Anyhow, the download site for the iso is not visible in DNS, at least from my perspective: $ host www.willystudios.com Host www.willystudios.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) I got