Subject: Re: Building X
To: linc <linc@thelinuxlink.net>
From: Lars <cryptr@cryptr.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/20/2001 14:36:33
set boot_osflags A ?
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, linc wrote:
> > I have a PC164LX 533MHz Alpha machine
> > Ive installed 1.5.1 and when i boot it gives me single user mode
> > all the time, asking me to determing shell or return for sh.
> > Ive fixed rc.conf and rc_configured=YES and all that
> > and yet it keeps putting me in single mode.
>
> In your prom settings there is one that passes a boot parameter (I forget
> the name now) but have it pass an 'A' to the NetBSD boot file and you
> should be set. Sorry I can't tell you exactly what it is but I am away
> from my alpha at the moment....
>
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> 7:16am up 18 days, 49 min, 4 users, load average: 0.96, 0.80, 0.68
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