Re: booting via bootblock != loadbsd

["Georges Heinesch" <ghmlist%attglobal.net@localhost>]

Quoting Bernd Sieker (02-Jun-00 13:05:45):

> On 02.06.00, 06:35:06, Georges Heinesch wrote:
>> 
>> 11.Ram Disk:> Work:NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.2/installation/misc/loadbsd\
>> -ASn2 Work:NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.2/binary/kernel/netbsd
>> 
>> That's my command!
>> 
>> Even when I startup with loadbsd without any option, I get the same
>> result.

> The default boot mode for loadbsd is to boot single user; to boot
> multi-user use the -a-flags (as in _a_utoboot):

>   loadbsd -a<other options> netbsd

Yes, this works !!! Thanks!

Where is it documented that loadbsd boots per default in single-user
mode, and that the bootup with the Bootmenu uses the multi-user mode?

Are there other differences in behaviour between loadbsd and the
bootup with the Bootmenu?

BTW, what is the symbol table in:
"-S  Include kernel symbol table."

TIA

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