>Number:         17865
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       i386 boot-blocks hate function keys
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 06 19:50:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     TheMan
>Release:        1.6E as of 20020731 (boot-blocks built Wed May 22 04:02:45 EDT 2002)
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
System: NetBSD this 1.6E NetBSD 1.6E (THAT) #106: Fri Aug  2 16:02:12 EDT 2002     andrew@this:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/THAT i386

>Description:

i reboot my machine and mistakenly get involved in a conversation, so
when i actually get around to pressing f3 (to select netbsd from
mbr_bootsel), it's too late.  the boot-blocks are already counting
down to boot time.  however...now that i have pressed f3, the
boot-blocks seem no longer to be accepting any keypress to abort the
countdown.  sorta sucks when you're trying to boot an alternate kernel
to test some stuff.

>How-To-Repeat:

see above.

>Fix:

ask perry.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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