On 04-Feb-99 Robert Nordier wrote about Re: Reading a text file with BTX:
Right on the mark. BTW, my BIOS is set so the cd drive is searched
before the hd on boot. Could that be the cause?
Seems a reasonable assumption, but I don't know for sure.
It is.
Proof?
I simply meant
On 30-Jan-99 Robert Nordier wrote about Re: Reading a text file with BTX:
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Robert Nordier wrote:
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Y'know, in my computer that F5 is Drive 0, and the system will not
boot unless I select it first. Selecting it, makes the OSes boot
Ugo Paternostro wrote:
On 30-Jan-99 Robert Nordier wrote about Re: Reading a text file with BTX:
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Robert Nordier wrote:
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Y'know, in my computer that F5 is Drive 0, and the system will not
boot unless I select it first. Selecting
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
I'd like to suggest that nobody depends on the exact syntax below.
Using @ at the beginning of the lines is EVIL, and has to go away.
Well, for *this* purpose, at least. Likewise, - at the beginning of
the line is also very evil. Very, very evil.
I have now, at last, a fully working version of
Mike Smith m...@smith.net.au 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
Patrick Hartling wrote:
} @set kernelname=kernel
} @read -t 5 -p Enter kernel name [kernel] : kernelname
} @load $kernelname
} @include /boot/modules.default
} -include /boot/modules.$kernelname
} @autoboot 5
That looks great to me. I was thinking that something like the above would
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Robert Nordier wrote:
The boot manager menu, for example
F1 FreeBSD
F2 UNIX
F5 Drive 1
Default: F1
Y'know, in my computer that F5 is Drive 0, and the system will not
boot unless I select it first. Selecting it, makes the OSes
Robert Nordier wrote:
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Y'know, in my computer that F5 is Drive 0, and the system will not
boot unless I select it first. Selecting it, makes the OSes boot and
F5 disappear.
Try the following patch. You can use the utility
[...]
Right on the mark. BTW, my BIOS
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Robert Nordier wrote:
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Y'know, in my computer that F5 is Drive 0, and the system will not
boot unless I select it first. Selecting it, makes the OSes boot and
F5 disappear.
Try the following patch. You can use the utility
Robert Nordier wrote:
The boot manager menu, for example
F1 FreeBSD
F2 UNIX
F5 Drive 1
Default: F1
Y'know, in my computer that F5 is Drive 0, and the system will not
boot unless I select it first. Selecting it, makes the OSes boot and
F5 disappear.
--
Daniel C.
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
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
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
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,
...
You might be refering to the loader prompt, not the btx prompt. If
you type something as soon as the first | is shown,
Mike Smith wrote:
Ugh. No. BTX is the kernel that boot2 and the loader use.
Well, that much I knew... It's just that I took to calling boot2 as
btx... :-)
boot0 is the module that gives you the F? prompt
What F? prompt???
boot1 is invisible, it just loads boot2
boot2 spins the | to
Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
Mike Smith wrote:
boot0 is the module that gives you the F? prompt
What F? prompt???
The boot manager menu, for example
F1 FreeBSD
F2 UNIX
F5 Drive 1
Default: F1
boot1 is invisible, it just loads boot2
boot2 spins the | to begin with,
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