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Date:      Mon, 4 Jan 1999 14:31:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bootblocks / Bootloader 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901041430300.317-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199901032052.MAA07318@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Mike Smith wrote:

> That's normal; the "old" help is only displayed in "compatibility" 
> mode.  Without a /boot.config, the bootblocks try to be as quiet as 
> possible.  You may notice the spinner stop for a couple of seconds; if 
> you hit a key at that point, you'll drop back into "compatibility" mode 
> again.

Oh cool!  I was wondering about that for a while, and thought perhaps I
still had the old boot blocks installed.  How can I reduce the time that
it stops the spinner, as I've got little or no use for compat. mode?

- alex


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