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.
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