From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 18 20:28:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05594 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:28:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lorax.ubergeeks.com (lorax.ubergeeks.com [206.205.41.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA05569 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:28:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adrian@lorax.ubergeeks.com) Received: from localhost (adrian@localhost) by lorax.ubergeeks.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA03773; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 23:27:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from adrian@lorax.ubergeeks.com) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 23:27:00 -0500 (EST) From: ADRIAN Filipi-Martin Reply-To: Adrian Filipi-Martin To: Andrew Gallatin cc: Robert Nordier , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader & comconsole In-Reply-To: <13907.20799.296610.678439@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > I'm in the process of upgrading a cluster of (nearly identical) PII's to 3.0-CURRENT & am > installing the new 3-stage bootstrap. On some of the machines, using > a comconsole wedges the bootloader solid ( well, 2 ctrl-alt-deletes on the > local keyboard will reboot the machine). > > My /boot.config looks like: > /boot/loader -h Try just putting -h, -D, or -P in boot.conf and nothing else. I just set up a bunch of machines with no video or keyboard and I simply put -P in boot.conf and the new bootstrap works just fine. The old bootblocks also work, but the screen can get garbled from time to time. Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message