On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 03:03:03AM +1100, Simon Burge wrote:
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 02:21:06AM +1100, Simon Burge wrote:
> > > "M. Possamai" wrote:
> > > 
> > > > How can I boot to single user mode?
> > > > I know I can get there with shutdown now on a running system
> > > > but how can I boot to it?
> > > 
> > > At least on a PC164 it's
> > > 
> > > 	boot -fl -s
> > 
> > boot -fl s 
> > 
> > at least in my experience. Or is the '-' ignored somewhere down the line
> > and doesn't it make any difference?
> 
> For NetBSD at least (in sys/arch/alpha/alpha/machdep.c):
> 
>                 case '-':
>                         /*
>                          * Just ignore this.  It's not required, but it's
>                          * common for it to be passed regardless.
>                          */
>                         break;

Right, that clarifies it pretty well :)

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Wilko Bulte  	 
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