Re: Cannot Compile mknbi-blkdev

[markus@infoscape.com]

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Heinrich Rebehn writes:
 > Yet one question: If the bootp server becomes unavailable,
 > how can i achieve that the bootprom falls back to booting
 > from floppy/hard disk (The "normal" boot sequence) instead
 > of waiting indefinitely?

Change the build-time configuration in Config.32:

#	-DEMERGENCYDISKBOOT
#			- if no BOOTP server can be found, then boot from
#			  local disk. The accessibility of the TFTP server
#			  has no effect, though! So configure your BOOTP
#			  server properly.

You should be aware, though, that this could be considered a security
compromise. In a strictly security aware environment, you do not want
people to boot from local mass storage devices, because this makes it
relatively simple to force the machine to boot from a local floppy
disk. The latter means that the user has complete control over the
machine and no security feature apply any more.


Markus

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