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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:37:18 +0100
From:      Bert Driehuis <bert_driehuis@nl.compuware.com>
To:        Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Console redirection issues
Message-ID:  <3A5C9DCE.7D7964D1@nl.compuware.com>
References:  <5.0.2.1.2.20010110120541.02420ec0@216.67.14.69>

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Forrest Aldrich wrote:

> However, when we went to install the 1U system, we were only able to see
> the prompts up to the point where FreeBSD began the boot process.   This
> doesn't make sense, as our configs are all the same (port address,
> boot.config, etc.).  Our boot.config files contain "-P -D -h".

I haven't actually tested this, but the documentation for boot(8) says
that '-D' and 'h' toggle the bhavior, and that '-P' sets -D and -h. This
might mean that -P sets -D and -h, and the subsequent -D and -h *reset*
them once again.

I'd suggest removing them; I'm running with just -D just fine.

Cheers,

				--- Bert

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