Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 17:14:42 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skipping "F1 FreeBSD" prompt on boot Message-ID: <86C5378E-69FE-4A9F-9C77-C7970E42481F@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <46459E20.5060108@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> <46459E20.5060108@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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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.
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