From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 4 02:39:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA22352 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 02:39:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m2-26-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA22343 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 02:39:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id MAA22256; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:37:47 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199902041037.MAA22256@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: Boot block problem In-Reply-To: <199902040319.TAA10987@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Feb 3, 99 07:19:34 pm" To: archie@whistle.com (Archie Cobbs) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:37:45 +0200 (SAT) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: > [Archie Cobbs wrote:] > > 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). No need to talk to me: I'll talk to you instead. :) The new boot manager remembers "last slice selected" rather than "last menu option selected" on each drive. I think I prefer this behavior myself, but I'll change it for compatibility with booteasy. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message