Rob wrote: > Hi, > > I am keeping in sync with 6-Stable every now and > then. At present I have a problem with the pause > timer of the boot loader. In /boot/loader.conf I > have: > > autoboot_delay="3" > > and as soon as the pause timer is supposed to count > down, it kind of hangs; actually, the cursor seems > to jump as if the number "3" is continuously printed > instead of a countdown. This 'hang' continues until > I hit the return key, after which the boot process > continues as usual. > > When I remove the delay line in loader.conf, then > the loader displays a pause timer of "10", but > actually *immediately* continues as if the pause > timer is zero (so no delay at all). > > I believe there's something wrong with the boot > loader in 6.1-Prerelease. Or has my PC become buggy? > > Any idea what's the problem? > Anybody else sees this?
Just for the record: I have found the problem and reply my own solution to the problem here: I had changed my /boot.config from "-P" to "-D" and I checked the boot-up on the video console (not serial). Meanwhile the serial port was connected to a data acquisition equipement, which obviously confused the boot-up communication. This, however, I did not realize while watching the peculiar boot-up on the console. My conclusion: do not use "-D" in /boot.config, unless the serial port is either not connected, or connected to a remote terminal. Using "-P" here is safer. Regards, Rob. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
