loader.conf from loader prompt

[Allan Jude]

On 2016-12-29 09:53, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:40:57AM -0600, Mark Felder wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016, at 05:43, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
>>> I am need set/unset some values (from loader.conf) from loader prompt.
>>> Or add content of some file to loader.conf from loader prompt.
>>> Or interactivly enable/disable some lines from loader.conf
>>>
>>> Is this posible?
>>>
>>
>> Yes. Check the loader(8) man page or the "help" command at the loader
>> prompt.
> 
> Already did, don't help.
> 
> For example, what I need enter in loader prompt for next equalent:
> ==
> mfsroot_load="YES"
> mfsroot_type="md_image"
> mfsroot_name="/boot/md.img"
> ==
> 
> set mfsroot_load="YES"
> set mfsroot_type="md_image"
> set mfsroot_name="/boot/md.img"
> boot
> 
> don't work.
> 
> `load -t md_image /boot/md.img` can't be before kernel load.
> 
> What I am missing?
> 
> 
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To run loader commands from a file:
include /path/to/file

To see what variables are already set:
show

Read an additional/alternate loader.conf file:
read-conf /path/to/file



-- 
Allan Jude

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