Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 13:54:36 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx> To: "Viren R. Shah" <viren@rstcorp.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot loader problems.. Message-ID: <361A676C.81E753CF@webwizard.org.mx> References: <199810061207.IAA24122@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> <199810061519.IAA03387@dingo.cdrom.com> <199810061735.NAA00682@jabberwock.rstcorp.com>
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It scared the s*&! out of me this morning when I rebuilt sys/boot and rebooted. It came up all by itself, with just two <return>'s:-) I was sure I had done something wrong. Took all the fun out of booting elf:-) Thanks a lot. It's a giant step forward. ed "Viren R. Shah" wrote: > >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes: > > >> If you need testers, I'm willing. > > Mike> We committed a fix last night; I'd be happy to hear whether it's > Mike> working for you now. > > The new boot loader works now. It remembers the currect > device. Thanks. > > Question: when I first booted, it just sat there at the > > Hit [enter] to boot immediately or .... > > prompt. > > At this point my /boot/boot.conf file was empty. > > I had to put a "boot /kernel.aout" into the /boot/boot.conf file. My > boot.conf file now is: > > set autoboot=5 > boot /kernel.aout > > Now it boots immediately without waiting the 5 seconds. Without the > "boot /kernel.aout" line, it just sits at the "Hit [enter]..." > prompt. > > Is there an intermediate solution where it will wait 5 seconds before > autobooting kernel.aout? > > Viren > -- > Viren R. Shah | "Are those numbers measured values, > viren@rstcorp.com | or are you engaging in proctonumerology?" > http://www.rstcorp.com/~vshah/ | -- Bill Garrett in raswrj > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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