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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:17:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: i386/8105: boot.help behavior is broken
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>Number:         8105
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       boot.help behavior is broken
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 30 11:20:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jordan K. Hubbard
>Organization:
FreeBSD Project
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5(?) and later
>Environment:

	Any version of the boot blocks after Bruce added his boot.help
	printing code.

>Description:

	The boot.help text is mistakenly printed multiple times
	rather than just once or in response to a specific command.
	This causes its text to scroll away other more useful output,
	such as the file listing (`?') the user may have just requested,
	and there's no way to turn it off.


>How-To-Repeat:

	Boot a FreeBSD boot floppy and attempt to get a file listing
	of /sbin/? or something.

>Fix:
	
	Convince Bruce to make the code a one-shot, hoping that a PR
	will succeed where previous suggestions have failed. :)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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