Subject: Re: Booting into Multiuser-mode
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.oscs.montana.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 09/01/1998 21:03:07
On Sep 1, 3:27pm, "emanuel stiebler" wrote:
> > To boot up our DEC 5000/200 with NetBSD 1.3.2 I use the bootstring
> > »boot-rz0a-netbsd«. The System boots up and goes into the single-user
> mode.
> > How can we change this? I already set rc_configured=YES in /etc/rc.conf
>
> multiuser:
> boot blabla -a
>
> ask for root/swap:
> boot blabla -n
>
> don't ask for root/swap:
> boot blabla -N
I don't think -n or -N will work; the PROM command inteprets the -<flag>
option, and won't take the -n or -N. [The -a option is "standard" for
Ultrix, and recognized by the PROM.]
NetBSD accepts the parameter list with or without the '-', so
boot blaba a
boot blaba n
boot blaba N
should all work.
Michael
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Michael L. Hitch mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University Bozeman, MT USA