Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:49:09 -0500 From: Charles Owens <cowens@greatbaysoftware.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No "boot0" menu on Soekris, net5501 vs net4521 Message-ID: <4B154905.8020400@greatbaysoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <4B0ABD27.2080501@greatbaysoftware.com> References: <4B0ABD27.2080501@greatbaysoftware.com>
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Charles Owens wrote: > Hello, > > We're working with two different Soekris models (net5501 and net4521), > working withFreeBSD 7.1 (nanobsd). We've found that the two models > exhibit different boot behavior. Summary: the 4521 works fine, and > the 5501 doesn't seem right. Here's what we see when we boot either: > > net4521 (BIOS ver 1.33) -- > > * "boot0" menu appears (letting you pick either of two FreeBSD slices) > * OS loads properly from chosen or default slice > > > net5501 (BIOS ver 1.33c) -- > > * "boot0" menu does _not_ appear. > * system boots directly to slice 1 or 2, as chosen via BIOS option > BootPartition > > > Have others seen this behavior? For our application, we really need > the 5501 to boot just like the 4521. Is this a bug (in BIOS, I'm > guessing), or am I doing something wrong? It seems like there should > be a way to clear the BootPartition setting, or set it to "MBR" or > somesuch. > Issue resolved. The syntax for resetting the BootPartition parameter in BIOS was non-obvious (to me). This can be accomplished with: set BootPartition=Disabled ... my thanks to maintainer of wiki: http://wiki.soekris.info/What_do_all_those_BIOS_settings_do%3F ... Charles Owens Great Bay Software
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