> On 04-Jan-02 Matthew Emmerton wrote: > >> On 03-Jan-02 David E. Cross wrote: > >> > I'd like to create a /boot.config switch that will have boot1 _not_ read > > from > >> > the console; this is for a secure setup. Would others be interested in > > these > >> > patches when I finish them? > >> > >> Yes. I've seen other places use this, and I would commit it. :) > > > > How would this affect systems where you *have* to hit enter at the first > > "boot:" prompt in order to kick off a boot sequence? I've got two identical > > machines (same hardware, cloned hard drives), and one of them simply won't > > boot unless you hit enter. Turning off console imput would render this > > system useless after a reboot :) > > > > I think there's a PR open about this somewhere. > > Errr, why do you have to hit enter? If this patch does what I think it does, > you won't even get a boot: prompt at all, it will just jump straight into the > loader (or kernel). Besides, it wouldn't be on by default. You would have to > explicitly turn it on via a flag in /boot.config.
As Mike Silbersack (sp?) pointed out, it's a rogue problem that people run into every now and then. I think it's BIOS/motherboard related. In any case, if the patch bypasses the prompt entirely, then there's no problem in my case (and would actually make things better for me.) -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
