No "boot0" menu on Soekris, net5501 vs net4521

[Charles Owens]

Hello,

We're working with two different Soekris models (net5501 and net4521),
working withFreeBSD 7.1 (nanobsd).  We've found that the two models
exhibit different boot behavior.   Summary:  the 4521 works fine, and
the 5501 doesn't seem right.  Here's what we see when we boot either:

net4521  (BIOS ver  1.33) --

    * "boot0" menu appears (letting you pick either of two FreeBSD slices)
    * OS loads properly from chosen or default slice


net5501  (BIOS ver 1.33c) --

    * "boot0" menu does _not_ appear.
    * system boots directly to slice 1 or 2, as chosen via BIOS option
      BootPartition


Have others seen this behavior?  For our application, we really need the
5501 to boot just like the 4521.  Is this a bug (in BIOS, I'm guessing),
or am I doing something wrong?   It seems like there should be a way to
clear the BootPartition setting, or set it to "MBR" or somesuch. 

Thanks very much,

Charles

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**Charles Owens**
*Great Bay Software*******