Re: bootloader problems

[Eugene <communique@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> Eugene wrote:
>
> > I've noticed some problems wit bootloader: when it comes to a boot 
> > menu and the countdown is started, on some machines a counter does not 
> > count from 10 to 0, but cycles in 9-8-9-8 and so on, and after 10 
> > seconds prints some garbage on screen and hangs.
>
>
> do you have serial equipment connected to those machines?  modem, mouse, 
> etc.
>
> dragonfly by default spawns a serial bootloader console, so this could 
> be the cause.
>
> cheers
>   simon

Thank You!

That's may be right. All those machines have an old-style serial mices.
BTW, a machine with the ISA non-PNP modem, (USR Sportster 14400, it has 
his own serial port controller, as I can understand) boots with no problem.