Subject: Re: boot flags on Multia
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: John Hayward <John.C.Hayward@wheaton.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/16/2001 07:11:13
Sorry for the wasted band width.
Found the answer on NetBSD/Alpha FAQ page:
>>> set boot_osflags a
johnh...
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, John Hayward wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:04:05 -0600 (CST)
> From: John Hayward <johnh@ImapStu.wheaton.edu>
> To: port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject: boot flags on Multia
>
> Dear NetBSDers,
> When booting my 1.5 Multia I seem to get stuck in single user mode and
> have to manually exit to muti-user. dmesg reveals:
> init: copying out flags `-s' 3
> init: copying out path `/sbin/init' 11
>
> I have cleared the boot_osflag in the prom and issued a boot command
> from the >>> prompt. (default file and device are set so it boots netbsd
> off of scsi drive).
>
> What needs to be done so that boot does not pass a the -s flag to init?
>
> TIA
> johnh...
>
>