Re: bootloader problems

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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