"Daniel C. Sobral" <d...@newsguy.com> wrote:

} Patrick Hartling wrote:
} > 
} > Is there a way to view the contents of a text file (specifically,
} > /boot/loader.rc) with BTX?  Now that there are all these nifty new modules,
} > my kernel is a lot smaller and my /boot/loader.rc is a lot longer.  The way
} > I have my /boot/loader.rc setup is such that it unloads everythin
} > automatically loaded if I drop to the BTX prompt instead of autobooting.
} > This is fairly convenient except when I want to boot an alternate kernel but
} > still load all the same modules that I use in my default kernel.  If there
} > isn't such a feature, it would be really nice if there were a 'cat' command
} > or something along those lines so that I could read the contents of
} > /boot/loader.rc and get everything properly reloaded by hand.  Could it be
} > added or could I just make my own somehow?  Thanks a bunch.
} 
} You might be refering to the loader prompt, not the btx prompt. If
} you type something as soon as the first "|" is shown, that's btx. If
} you wait a little, or enter /boot/loader, then you get loader.
} Specifically, if it has processed loader.rc, then you are inside
} loader, not btx.

Ah, I see.  Sorry for using the wrong name, but you did figure out what I
meant which is good.  :)

} Showing contents of a file happens to be possible too, as soon as
} bin/9753 gets in. Jordan promised cat and more for us, but since he
} is too busy with his update targets, I decided to get "more" in. :-)

Cool beans, that's what I was curious about.  Thanks for the info.

 -Patrick


Patrick L. Hartling                     | Research Assistant, ICEMT
myst...@friley-184-92.res.iastate.edu   | Carver Lab - 0095E Black Engineering
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~oz/      | http://www.icemt.iastate.edu/

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