Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-24 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Ollivier Robert wrote: > > It is rebooting before /boot/loader.rc because none of the "key" commands > I've put there are executed. Forth syntax can be picky. Would you mind sending me what you have after changes? Or, better yet, just test them with the functional loader, to see if they work? -

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-24 Thread Ollivier Robert
> My guess is that it is dying trying to load the kernel, since those are It is rebooting before /boot/loader.rc because none of the "key" commands I've put there are executed. > where th e recent changes were. Try putting something simple in > loader.rc, like just 'lsde v'. Basically, we need

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-24 Thread John Baldwin
On 23-Mar-00 Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Daniel C. Sobral: >> Or just pressing space when the countdown message first appears... > > No time for that. My guess is that it is dying trying to load the kernel, since those are where the recent changes were. Try putting something simple i

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-23 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Ollivier Robert wrote: > > .( Here ) cr > > Will try, hope I'll be able to see them :) > > Is there a way to do a "sleep 5" ? 5000 ms Or, to wait for a keypress: key -- Daniel C. Sobral(8-DCS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] One Unix to

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-23 Thread Ollivier Robert
> MM... the countdown message is 10 seconds long. It crashes before > going through the countdown??? Yes. > Damn, I wish I could see the log of this boot. I can't record it and it goes way too fast to tell. > IIRC, you only have "include /boot/loader.4th" and "start" in your > loader.rc, r

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-23 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Ollivier Robert wrote: > > According to Daniel C. Sobral: > > Or just pressing space when the countdown message first appears... > > No time for that. MM... the countdown message is 10 seconds long. It crashes before going through the countdown??? Damn, I wish I could see the log of this b

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-23 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Ollivier Robert wrote: > > According to Mike Smith: > > Try putting just "set autoboot_delay=0" in /boot/loader.rc and see if > > that gives you a prompt. > > In loader.conf you mean ? loader.rc is supposed to contain Forth... Forth + "user friendly" loader commands, which the above is supposed

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-23 Thread Mike Smith
> According to Mike Smith: > > Try putting just "set autoboot_delay=0" in /boot/loader.rc and see if > > that gives you a prompt. > > In loader.conf you mean ? loader.rc is supposed to contain Forth... I wrote the damn thing. I meant loader.rc. You're welcome to make the appropriate changes

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-23 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to Mike Smith: > Try putting just "set autoboot_delay=0" in /boot/loader.rc and see if > that gives you a prompt. In loader.conf you mean ? loader.rc is supposed to contain Forth... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TEC -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Postman hits! The Postman hits! Yo

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-22 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to Daniel C. Sobral: > Or just pressing space when the countdown message first appears... No time for that. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #78: Sun Feb 27 15:32:39 CET 2000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-22 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to Mike Smith: > Can you be more specific here - does it reboot _immediately_ after > printing that message, or after the timeout finishes? Immediately after printing the message. No timeout whatsoever. > Try putting just "set autoboot_delay=0" in /boot/loader.rc and see if > that g

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-22 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Mike Smith wrote: > > > > if you can get a prompt, please. > > > > No prompt. It reboots just after displaying the 'Hit [Enter] blah' line. > > Can you be more specific here - does it reboot _immediately_ after > printing that message, or after the timeout finishes? > > Try putting just "set au

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-22 Thread Mike Smith
> > if you can get a prompt, please. > > No prompt. It reboots just after displaying the 'Hit [Enter] blah' line. Can you be more specific here - does it reboot _immediately_ after printing that message, or after the timeout finishes? Try putting just "set autoboot_delay=0" in /boot/loader.rc

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-22 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to John Baldwin: > fixes. Can you see how far into the loader it is getting? Also, what > is in your /boot/loader.rc. Try booting with an empty loader.rc and see > if you can get a prompt, please. Reverting to the version in RELENG_4_0_0_RELEASE fixes the problem. -- Ollivier ROBERT

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-22 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to John Baldwin: > fixes. Can you see how far into the loader it is getting? Also, what > is in your /boot/loader.rc. Try booting with an empty loader.rc and see loader.rc -=-=- \ Loader.rc \ \ Includes additional commands include /boot/loader.4th \ Reads and processes loader.rc sta

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-21 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to John Baldwin: > The only changes in sys/boot in that time period are the loader bcache > fixes. Can you see how far into the loader it is getting? Also, what No. It happens too fast. A few lines are displayed then it reboots. > is in your /boot/loader.rc. Try booting with an empt

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-21 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Ollivier Robert wrote: > > Since after the Feb. 25th, /boot/loader is rebooting the machine during > boot. I can't get to the prompt at all. The only version that works is the > 25th one (I didn't upgrade between the Feb. 25th and March, 17th). > > Nothing in the BIOS configuration changed durin

Re: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-21 Thread Guido van Rooij
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 05:19:55PM +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote: > Since after the Feb. 25th, /boot/loader is rebooting the machine during > boot. I can't get to the prompt at all. The only version that works is the > 25th one (I didn't upgrade between the Feb. 25th and March, 17th). > > Nothing

RE: /boot/loader is making my VAIO reboot

2000-03-21 Thread John Baldwin
On 21-Mar-00 Ollivier Robert wrote: > Since after the Feb. 25th, /boot/loader is rebooting the machine during > boot. I can't get to the prompt at all. The only version that works is the > 25th one (I didn't upgrade between the Feb. 25th and March, 17th). The only changes in sys/boot in that tim