From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 3 19:23:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA27127 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:23:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles240.castles.com [208.214.165.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA27114 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:23:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA10987; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:19:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902040319.TAA10987@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Archie Cobbs cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot block problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Feb 1999 17:39:59 PST." <199902040140.RAA06551@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 19:19:34 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Just upgraded to 3.0-stable snapshot circa 2/1 and noticed that > the new "booteasy" does not seem to remember the selection from > the previous time. Eg., I need to press F5 to get to disk 2 but > it always defaults to F2 (which is FreeBSD slice containing > only a swap partition). > > This means my box won't reboot automatically anymore, e.g., if > the power goes out. > > Is this a new bug or a new feature? :-) It's supposed to work, and it does for me here. Check you haven't got your BIOS 'boot virus protection' stuff enabled, then talk to Robert Nordier (in that order 8). -- \\ 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