Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 19:08:41 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: David Landgren <david@landgren.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skipping "F1 FreeBSD" prompt on boot Message-ID: <200705181908.41948.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <464CC36A.40603@landgren.net> References: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> <200705171854.43524.pieter@degoeje.nl> <464CC36A.40603@landgren.net>
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On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: > Pieter de Goeje wrote: > > On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: > >> Heh, > >> > >> ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two > >> annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would > >> be complete :) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> David > > > > Hmm, I've never heard any beeps on shutdown... how do you shutdown your > > system? When I type 'halt -p' it just powers off after synching the > > disks, no beep whatsoever. > > shutdown -p now > > ... so that would mean it's shutdown that does that? The annoyance > factor has never been enough to make me investigate more closely. But > hey, if halt -p is safe and clean, and silent, that's good enough for me. Yes, halt -p is "safe and clean". In fact, shutdown executes halt -p when it's time to power down. Regards, Pieter
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