Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:19:28 EDT From: Bsdguru@aol.com To: msmith@freebsd.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loader problems Message-ID: <d4.b8df66a.28bf0ac0@aol.com>
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In a message dated 8/29/01 7:34:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, msmith@freebsd.org writes: > > I have a hard drive with 2 versions of freebsd (4.1 and 4.2) loaded on it. > > They boot and load ok, but when 4.1 is soft-rebooted, it stops at the boot: > > > prompt and 3 strange characters are displayed (not alphanumeric)...the > second > > > > partition seems fine. Backspacing over the characters and hitting return > > manually and the machine boots normally. Both partitions are using the > BTX > > loader v1.01 > > > > Any ideas? > > Sounds like you're getting garbage in the keyboard buffer. 8( > > How new is the motherboard/BIOS? > Fairly new. Other disks work ok, and we use this motherboard on lots of systems. Its something with the setup...the 2 freebsds on a disk I think. Bryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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