Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 09:53:11 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Kent Hauser <kent@tfd.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootmgr problem Message-ID: <199905061653.JAA04287@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 May 1999 12:10:36 EDT." <199905061610.MAA03869@rtp.tfd.com>
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> > I've got a new ThinkPad 600E (which is great with FreeBSD 3.1) *except* > that it appears that the bootmgr somehow queries the bios and disables > my com port. I put a serial datascope on the thing & once I've enabled > the serial port via the config mgr in W98, the port stays on thru the POST > & is disabled as soon as the F1=DOS/F2=FreeBSD prompt appears. > > Is there anyway to make the bootmgr just prompt the keyboard/screen & > leave the serial ports alone? It doesn't touch them; your BIOS is doing it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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