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Date:      Wed, 03 Feb 1999 19:19:34 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boot block problem 
Message-ID:  <199902040319.TAA10987@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Feb 1999 17:39:59 PST." <199902040140.RAA06551@bubba.whistle.com> 

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> Just upgraded to 3.0-stable snapshot circa 2/1 and noticed that
> the new "booteasy" does not seem to remember the selection from
> the previous time. Eg., I need to press F5 to get to disk 2 but
> it always defaults to F2 (which is FreeBSD slice containing
> only a swap partition).
> 
> This means my box won't reboot automatically anymore, e.g., if
> the power goes out.
> 
> Is this a new bug or a new feature? :-)

It's supposed to work, and it does for me here.  Check you haven't got 
your BIOS 'boot virus protection' stuff enabled, then talk to Robert 
Nordier (in that order 8).

-- 
\\  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



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