broome@ucbvax.ARPA (Jonathan C. Broome) (09/23/85)
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I am presently working on an AT running Xenix, and have a couple of strange
questions that I haven't been able to find answers for:
1. Is there any way to convince the boot program to _not_ ask if I want to
boot the default kernel? I want to be able to get to init without
intervention from the keyboard - the first step towards auto-booting.
If possible, I would like software hacks - patching /boot is fine, I can
always load boot from a normal floppy if I want to boot a different
kernel. Failing that, a hardware solution would do, or ... has anyone
written their own boot program?
2. Assuming that a solution is available for #1 above, is there some way for
software (init) to tell whether the machine auto-booted or ... ?? I have
written my own init that does some messing with limits and tty modes, and
would like it to be able to see if it should come up single- or multi-user.
The current method is to check for a file called "/howboot" which tells it
how to come up, but I don't really like this plan. (Besides, it still can't
auto-boot because of problem #1 above.)
3. Has anyone written a tty driver that does editing Berkeley-style? I'd
like to have ^W and ^R, for example. Does Xenix let you replace the
existing tty drivers when you reconfigure the kernel? (Sorry, I haven't
been able to get the documentaion on this part yet...) How about pty's?
Any answers should be sent by mail, and thank you in advance.
--- Jon
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Jonathan C. Broome University of California, Berkeley
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