Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 21:22:35 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org>, Alex Kwan <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting immediatle - skip Hit [Enter] or wait 9 seconds Message-ID: <20000412212235.D236@parish> In-Reply-To: <200004121136.HAA32349@server.baldwin.cx>; from jhb@freebsd.org on Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 07:36:38AM -0400 References: <59008.955538434@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> <200004121136.HAA32349@server.baldwin.cx>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 07:36:38AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
>
> On 12-Apr-00 Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 07:16:19 -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> >
> >> What makes you think /boot/loader.conf isn't being read?
> >
> > Mark said that he has autoboot_delay="1" or some such in
> > /boot/loader.conf but that the countdown persists.
>
> Did he use 'set autoboot_delay'? You can't use 'set' in
> loader.conf. Mark, can you post your /boot/loader.conf
> file? It should be short. (Mine's all of 3 lines.)
>
OK, I re-read the manpages relating to booting/loader and I've found
the cause. My /boot/loader.conf just contains:
autoboot_delay="2"
What were missing though were the 2 lines
include /boot/loader.4th
start
from /boot/loader.rc. This may be a historical accident but my
loader.rc has just contained
load /kernel
load vesa
load -t userconfig_script /kernel.config
load -t splash_image_data /dawn.bmp
load splash_bmp
autoboot
which I have had since splash screens were first introduced (3.1?).
ISTR that I had to create the file; if one existed I certainly
wouldn't have deleted anything the system had put there. One of the
manpages states that make installworld will only install a loader.rc
if one doesn't exist.
When was the requirement for
include /boot/loader.4th
start
introduced? Anyway, now that I've added these 2 lines the modified
countdown works :) FWIW setting it to 1 is too short, it appears not
to pause at all; 2 (just) allows time to catch it.
Thanks for the help guys.
> > Ciao,
> > Sheldon.
>
> --
>
> John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
> PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc
> "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
--
...and on the eighth day God created UNIX
________________________________________________________________
FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org
My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/
mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000412212235.D236>