More on strange 8.0 issues

[Chuck Bacon]

From my mobo, ASUS M4A785-M, and uname -a:

FreeBSD tomato.local 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #1:
Fri Jan 22 19:50:14 EST 2010
r...@tomato.local:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/TOMATO  amd64
Yes, I've tried GENERIC for all these issues, and also an
i386 image!  Mobo problem?

I sent email remarking on inconvenient behavior on gv (no page
numbers, can't go backward) and X (from text mode back to X
sends esc [ 2 0 ~ to stdin).  Here's another, and a real
trouble spot:

I have two CD-DVD drives, one PATA and one SATA.  Neither can
burn a CD, returning either busy or error.  I had to burn the
8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso CD on my old iBook!  And yes, I
also replaced the ATA drive with one from another box.

Final issue, probably no answer.  I installed a ubuntu distro
on my /dev/ad0s2, with -s1 and -s3 remaining FreeBSD (no -s4).
My boot loader shows
  F1  FreeBSD   (an older 8.0-RELEASE, GENERIC)
  F2  Linux (new ubuntu)
  F3  FreeBSD   (/backup)
  F5  Drive 1   (a couple more 8.0-RELEASEs :-)
When I hit F2, I get the the first FreeBSD.  Linux is bypassed.
When I installed ubuntu from the CD I didn't rewrite the boot.
Could I have boot FreeBSD if I had installed grub?  Perhaps I
should ask a Linux forum :-|

Many Thanks for previous help through the years,
and to Polytropon, whose suggestion about buffering some text
and testing the esc [ 2 0 ~ behavior, didn't work, but may
lead somewhere!

Chuck Bacon -- c...@cape.com
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Re: More on strange 8.0 issues

[Adam Vande More]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Chuck Bacon c...@cape.com wrote:

 I have two CD-DVD drives, one PATA and one SATA.  Neither can
 burn a CD, returning either busy or error.  I had to burn the
 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso CD on my old iBook!  And yes, I
 also replaced the ATA drive with one from another box.


It's really extremely difficult to assist you with the amout of information
you provide.   Why would you not include the specific commands you've tried
and their error messages?  Have you tried the burning a cd instructions
presented in the handbook?  Take note of the cdrtools section as that may be
more useful than burncd depending on you situtation.

Final issue, probably no answer.  I installed a ubuntu distro
 on my /dev/ad0s2, with -s1 and -s3 remaining FreeBSD (no -s4).
 My boot loader shows
  F1  FreeBSD   (an older 8.0-RELEASE, GENERIC)
  F2  Linux (new ubuntu)
  F3  FreeBSD   (/backup)
  F5  Drive 1   (a couple more 8.0-RELEASEs :-)
 When I hit F2, I get the the first FreeBSD.  Linux is bypassed.
 When I installed ubuntu from the CD I didn't rewrite the boot.
 Could I have boot FreeBSD if I had installed grub?


Yes grub can boot freebsd.

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Adam Vande More
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