Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 19:50:55 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot manager beep (revisited) Message-ID: <4457FE6F.8030309@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4457E1A1.1070103@dial.pipex.com> References: <445581DE.50901@centtech.com> <20060502053131.GC62424@gothmog.pc> <44574436.4000105@dial.pipex.com> <200605020809.52826.jhb@freebsd.org> <4457E1A1.1070103@dial.pipex.com>
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Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >> On Tuesday 02 May 2006 07:36 am, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: >> >> >>> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> >>>> On 2006-05-01 14:02, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> How about the patch below. It restores the behavior of the beep >>>>> >>>>> only happening for invalid input by axeing the BSD/OS partition >>>>> type from the lookup table. >>>>> >>>> Much better, since this is the behavior we initially had, as you >>>> explained. >>>> >>>> Thanks :) >>>> >>> Seconded! Thanks, >>> >> >> Does it work? :-) >> >> >> > I downloaded the latest boot0.s from cvs, applied you patch and put it > on all three disks in this box. > > On my tests it worked beautifully. Beeped when I selected a > non-existent partition and didn't beep when I selected a legitimate one, > or just let it time out to the default. (I tried both FreeBSD and > WinXP/NTFS partitions for booting and auto-boot). I can't confirm what > boot0sio does as I don't have anything set up with a serial console. > > You'll probably want some more confirmations, but I'd say this was the > bees knees. Ditto.. My wife is very happy about the patch too. :) Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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