Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:49:47 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Subject: More on strange 8.0 issues Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002120920070.1334@tomato.local>
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>From my mobo, ASUS M4A785-M, and uname -a: FreeBSD tomato.local 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #1: Fri Jan 22 19:50:14 EST 2010 root@tomato.local:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/TOMATO amd64 Yes, I've tried GENERIC for all these issues, and also an i386 image! Mobo problem? I sent email remarking on inconvenient behavior on gv (no page numbers, can't go backward) and X (from text mode back to X sends "esc [ 2 0 ~" to stdin). Here's another, and a real trouble spot: I have two CD-DVD drives, one PATA and one SATA. Neither can burn a CD, returning either busy or error. I had to burn the 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso CD on my old iBook! And yes, I also replaced the ATA drive with one from another box. Final issue, probably no answer. I installed a ubuntu distro on my /dev/ad0s2, with -s1 and -s3 remaining FreeBSD (no -s4). My boot loader shows F1 FreeBSD (an older 8.0-RELEASE, GENERIC) F2 Linux (new ubuntu) F3 FreeBSD (/backup) F5 Drive 1 (a couple more 8.0-RELEASEs :-) When I hit F2, I get the the first FreeBSD. Linux is bypassed. When I installed ubuntu from the CD I didn't rewrite the boot. Could I have boot FreeBSD if I had installed grub? Perhaps I should ask a Linux forum :-| Many Thanks for previous help through the years, and to Polytropon, whose suggestion about buffering some text and testing the "esc [ 2 0 ~" behavior, didn't work, but may lead somewhere! Chuck Bacon -- crtb@cape.com ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY
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