From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 00:41:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F92616A403 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 00:41:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pieter@degoeje.nl) Received: from smtp.utwente.nl (smtp1.utsp.utwente.nl [130.89.2.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F0813C455 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 00:41:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pieter@degoeje.nl) Received: from nox.student.utwente.nl (nox.student.utwente.nl [130.89.165.91]) by smtp.utwente.nl (8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l4E0fhLr002852; Mon, 14 May 2007 02:41:44 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 02:41:43 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> <9979A1FD-F329-4C64-B5D2-66399F731E87@brooknet.com.au> <46474E32.5060009@landgren.net> In-Reply-To: <46474E32.5060009@landgren.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705140241.43492.pieter@degoeje.nl> X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact helpdesk@ITBE.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UTwente-MailScanner-From: pieter@degoeje.nl X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Sam Lawrance Subject: Re: Skipping "F1 FreeBSD" prompt on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 00:41:54 -0000 On Sunday 13 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: > Sam Lawrance wrote: > > On 13/05/2007, at 6:15 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA256 > >> > >> Sam Lawrance wrote: > >>> On 12/05/2007, at 8:59 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>>> Hash: SHA256 > >>>> > >>>> David Landgren wrote: > >>>>> I have a disk that has only FreeBSD on it, and so I would like to > >>>>> skip the initial F1/FreeBSD prompt. boot0cfg -v ad0 says: > >>>>> > >>>>> options=nopacket,update,nosetdrv > >>>>> default_selection=F1 (Slice 1) > >>>>> > >>>>> ... what do I have to do to say JFDI instead of prompting? This is > >>>>> not the sort of thing I want to fiddle around experimenting, so a > >>>>> little guidance would be most appreciated. > >>>> > >>>> fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr /dev/ad0 > >>>> > >>>> You installed the FreeBSD boot sector stuff, which gives you the > >>>> 'press F1' business. Replace that with the standard mbr, which just > >>>> boots straight up. > >>> > >>> Rather than replacing it, you can use boot0cfg to set a really short > >>> timeout instead; in case you might want that functionality one day. > >> > >> Heh. It's not like you only get one chance to rewrite the boot blocks > >> on any particular drive. If anyone needs to (re-)install the FreeBSD > >> boot > >> blocks, then you can do very simply it by: > >> > >> boot0cfg -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > >> > >> or even > >> > >> fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > >> > >> Or if you need to boot from a serial console you can change /boot/boot0 > >> to /boot/boot0sio > > > > Sure, but why get rid of it, when leaving it in with a short timeout > > costs you nothing. > > A fair point, but in this particular case, FreeBSD is the only thing on > the drive, and likely to remain that way until the disk dies of > mechanical failure. I just don't need that prompt, especially the > annoying beep it makes. The beep was removed since May 2006 (6.2-RELEASE, 6-STABLE, HEAD). A simple #boot0cfg -B /dev/adX should get rid of it. Cheers, Pieter de Goeje