Peter Wemm writes:
> Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> >
> > How do you make the loader _NOT_ load a kernel until after the
> > countdown?
> >
> > On slow media (like NFS boots or VMware, or old AlphaServers) its
> > really painful to wait for the kernel to unload just so you can unload
> > it and then load an alternate kernel.
>
> This initial load is done by the 4th code. I suspect it is configurable
> to not do this, but if you want to do it by brute force, nuke loader.rc
> and do it all by hand.
Actually, that doens't seem to work. (at least for a loader from last
November). Given that the machine is 3K miles away, I think I'll just
deal with the slowness for now & not risk crippling it.
Drew
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