Re: Strange boot problem

[Arthur Shaffer <pp01138 ppp kcc edu>]

Yes, I do have a modem on Com 1, but it had functioned correctly up to that
point. I finally decided that the problem had to be originating within the
parameters passed to milo by ARCNT. I couldn't find anything wrong in the boot
menu setup, but I did specifically set the autoboot selection to no. That cured
the problem. I hadn't been in that menu before, but it would appear that the
flag had inadvertanly been switched to yes. It hadn't changed the other boot
choices, and only affected the floppy boot option when the letter "a" was
typed. I don't understand at all, but it did cure the problem. Strange.

Bill Roman wrote:

> Arthur Shaffer wrote:
>
> > I have just encountered a strange boot problem that I am pretty sure is
> > related to Milo. [...]  Suddenly, when I try to give a boot command at
> > the milo prompt, the use of the letter "a" introduces three lines of
> > repeated letters, and the boot obviously doesn't happen.
>
> Any chance you have a modem connected to the first serial port?  MILO by
> default echoes console I/O to the serial port, and also accepts input from
> it.  This obviously can cause confusion if a modem is present.
>
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> Bill Roman  (roman@songdog.eskimo.com / roman@songdog.uucp)   running linux
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