Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:15:17 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Alessandro Baggi <alessandro.baggi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on kvm Message-ID: <20120106191517.3db16787.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4F073435.4000208@gmail.com> References: <4F06D041.4050702@gmail.com> <4F06E011.40305@my.gd> <4F0710C0.5030405@gmail.com> <4F07240C.4070803@my.gd> <4F072661.8060804@gmail.com> <20120106182410.4749be9a.freebsd@edvax.de> <4F073435.4000208@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:49:41 +0100, Alessandro Baggi wrote: > On 01/06/2012 06:24 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:50:41 +0100, Alessandro Baggi wrote: > >> Leaving delay boot to 10 sec, always block. Set delay boot to 1, it give > >> me some "crash". > >> There is a possibility to run directly the system instead print the > >> menu? I must install lilo/grub? > > Let's first assume that you did not install the boot > > manager (which would be useless in your particular > > application case); instead, you have installed the > > standard MBR. > > > > Modify /boot/loader.conf to something like this: > > > > autoboot_delay="0" > > beastie_disable="YES" > > userconfig_script_load="NO" > > verbose_loading="YES" > > > > Refer to /boot/defaults/loader.conf for the meaning > > of the options if they're not obvious. :-) > > > > Regarding the autoboot delay, let me quote from that > > file: > > > > Delay in seconds before autobooting, > > set to -1 if you don't want user to be > > allowed to interrupt autoboot process and > > escape to the loader prompt, set to > > "NO" to disable autobooting > > > > That means ="0" would mean to boot immediately _with_ > > the option to get to the boot prompt - you just need > > to be fast at the keyboard. :-) > > > > Oh, and see "man loader.conf" for details. > > > > > Hi Polytropon, > yes, I've installed the standard mbr :/. > After this, I've make the setting, but reading on > /boot/defaults/loader.conf for meaning of userconfig_script_load, I > can't find nothing about it, and I suppose that it is an invalid option. Sorry, forgot about that - must be some cruft transitioned from older installs. Just remove that option, as I don't think it has _any_ effect here. :-) > Now it seems to work. > Thanks for the reply. Sometimes I don't remember to see manual page...my > big bug... In FreeBSD, there's a manpage for nearly everything: System binaries and command scripts, kernel interfaces, library functions, device drivers, configuration files, maintenance procedures and operation guidelines. You just have to make yourself familiar with the ideas that those actually do exist. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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