Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:21:59 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Patrick Burm <patb@commlitho.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: boot loader suddenly appears Message-ID: <200004071521.LAA05538@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000406165729.00ae02a0@commlitho.com>
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On 07-Apr-00 Patrick Burm wrote: > I had searched the archives until I had to finally give up. > > I installed 4.0 fresh using the entire disk but not using > the "dangerously dedicated" option. I now wish I had. > > For some reason, today, after making some changes to rc.conf, > powering down and moving the server, it decides to give me > that boot manager that looks like this: > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: > > And then just sits there. I can hit enter and get it to boot, > but it concerns me that a power outage (longer than my UPS can handle) > will make the thing sit there waiting for someone to push enter. > > I have tried fdisk /mbr from a dos disk, I have tried using the > fdisk from /stand/sysinstall and marking the partition active and > telling it a standard MBR and writing. > > Nothing will make it go away. > > Any ideas. Or at least can I give that boot manager a directive to > just boot automatically somehow? Odd. Do you have anything in /boot.config? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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