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NAME
loader.4th — loader.conf processing toolsDESCRIPTION
The file that goes by the name of loader.4th is a set of commands designed to manipulate loader.conf(5) files. The default /boot/loader.rc includes loader.4th and uses one of its commands to automatically read and process the standard loader.conf(5) files. Other commands exists to help the user specify alternate configurations.The commands of loader.4th by themselves are not enough for most uses. Please refer to the examples below for the most common situations, and to loader(8) for additional commands.
Before using any of the commands provided in loader.4th, it must be included through the command:
include loader.4th
This line is present in the default /boot/loader.rc file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
The commands provided by it are:
- boot
- boot kernelname [ ...]
- boot directory [ ...]
- boot -flag ...
-
Boot as specified by the
loader.conf(5) files read.
Depending on the arguments passed, it can override boot flags and either the kernel name or the search path for kernel and modules.
- boot-conf
- boot-conf kernelname [ ...]
- boot-conf directory [ ...]
- boot-conf -flag ...
-
Works like
boot described above, but instead of booting immediately, uses
autoboot, so it can be stopped.
- start
-
Reads
/boot/defaults/loader.conf, all other
loader.conf(5) files specified in it, then loads the desired kernel and modules (if not already loaded). After which you can use the
boot or
autoboot commmands or simply exit (provided
autoboot_delay is not set to NO) to boot the system.
start is the command used in the default
/boot/loader.rc file (see
loader(8)).
- initialize
-
Initialize the support library so commands can be used without executing
start first. Like
start, it reads
/boot/defaults/loader.conf and all other
loader.conf(5) files specified in it (but does not load kernel or modules). Returns a flag on the stack to indicate if any configuration files were successfully loaded.
- read-conf filename
-
Reads and processes a
loader.conf(5) file. Does not proceed to boot.
- enable-module module
-
Enables the loading of
module.
- disable-module module
-
Disables the loading of
module.
- toggle-module module
-
Toggles the loading of
module on and off.
- show-module module
-
Shows the information gathered in the
loader.conf(5) files about the module
module.
- retry
-
Used inside
loader.conf(5) files to specify the action after a module loading fails.
- ignore
- Used inside loader.conf(5) files to specify the action after a module loading fails.
- try-include file [ file ...]
- Process script files if they exist. Each file, in turn, is completely read into memory, and then each of its lines is passed to the command line interpreter. If any error is returned by the interpreter, the try-include command aborts immediately, without reading any other files, and silently returns without error.
FILES
EXAMPLES
Standard /boot/loader.rc:
include /boot/loader.4th start
Load a different kernel with the standard configuration:
set kernel="kernel.old" unload boot-conf
Read an additional configuration file and then proceed to boot:
unload read-conf /boot/special.conf boot-conf
Disable the loading of the splash screen module and bitmap and then proceed to boot:
unload disable-module splash_bmp disable-module bitmap boot-conf
HISTORY
The loader.4th set of commands first appeared in FreeBSD 3.2.AUTHORS
The loader.4th set of commands was written by <dcs@FreeBSD.org>.BUGS
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