From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 11:00:03 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 3B22016A400 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 11:00:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A40BF13C448 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 11:00:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4CAxiMY019902; Sat, 12 May 2007 11:59:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=permerror; spf=permerror X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk l4CAxiMY019902 Message-ID: <46459E20.5060108@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 11:59:44 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Landgren References: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> In-Reply-To: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 12 May 2007 11:59:56 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.2/3230/Sat May 12 11:34:18 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 12 May 2007 11:00:03 -0000 -----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. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGRZ4g8Mjk52CukIwRCEL9AJ4xLg6nveSzeiEh7eRWKozp9phMzgCgkHoh igE3HZOoPkP9IHcYmh9XV2M= =FWqz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----