From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 26 13:35:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA25158 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:35:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA25145 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:34:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA01233; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:33:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810262133.NAA01233@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: Robert Nordier , mike@smith.net.au, Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader hangs after arrow/function key pressed at prompt In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:34:13 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:33:07 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I just checked it with the newest sources - I built the binaries, and > installed them, and rebooted... Well, after several times I kind of see a > pattern. /boot/loader seems to choke when I press Enter _twice_ very > quickly at the boot: prompt (but again, not always..). Seems to me that > some junk left in some buffer confuses it... Which "boot" prompt is this? Are you using the new boot1/boot2 or the old one? Sounds like the garbage-flushing check is still broken. Thanks for the tip. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message