From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 20 12:17:25 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDA42B9D157 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:17:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x236.google.com (mail-wm0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5152913C8 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:17:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x236.google.com with SMTP id q128so53888795wma.1 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 05:17:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8oqt/xPa1yKyEjyNAMfLt+XviF13KlKwG+1ujGEWoQA=; b=RyZ3LrA55TGmIKlz/v7DSzsujHQGAv8Dcp12t2ltskVwnD6HYLsGqnSJcJBwyakAmL kGch8kWIuW8MXIZ8N+5km9ctc2qlpNlsHtj2v5fl52dsErGAzlNv7WBU1MJzU52Mcg84 IQmnm3kFZnDaf4BahYCrwlbPyre+2xBOjx7RiTApz0fiiQMBfOaDiw+8RqlrJrzmKlyc PV0nHBj1aKmAEzkiklEWFtleZkmvjpkREw1D1vSCfwa6xR1H1sH6FKpJe8VjE9oFo885 CSn7y+5IGQBmo19cofSydGDVNjL+2vyG0l6Z2kGZC0OX6LKs1Ff0B00xdP85R+bL4/Ds +AdQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8oqt/xPa1yKyEjyNAMfLt+XviF13KlKwG+1ujGEWoQA=; b=QJ/O+ANkHnF1yTV+kOCLm0tPEt3e2wdGbwE6/FwYumpt4nka+ZJW1vVGZ1xlAe/9O7 TCFbC5MImPHJ/KhxUV1DmPk1Ewd5xurveG43ZTinoMO7sawYrQyOFiaAmZiGWrGXibWJ QF2+rFbm5gVMYbBiy5M5q7AKPA+zFSBXSvDcW2Ld8pHqtu9Afs3g2t7zuY+t0zbUQgFY ZGklgYBrApLqQiQOoN7eHimOjKV7g1b4V+XL1SA252kWzZScOW/fwnB5rqZkYzs0Olzz 62zGsbY07cPjaagw+dvAky4a3ZYctBRcNm4MfbSHwNnjkTGZnYjQLx8/rSmgr1kMxIdh 1E5g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIVfdOqySMk2XMuduOC6mxyvgvynyg8eaYsszlKaggd/qesOjxxOboEQo8lJpUGLg== X-Received: by 10.28.186.138 with SMTP id k132mr10685850wmf.65.1469017043494; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 05:17:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.125] (LAubervilliers-656-1-269-112.w193-248.abo.wanadoo.fr. [193.248.44.112]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id f3sm1002906wjt.30.2016.07.20.05.17.22 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 20 Jul 2016 05:17:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: A question about modifying autoboot delay time To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <2016072011093115531210@chinadtrace.org> From: David Demelier Message-ID: <578F6BD2.4080408@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:17:22 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2016072011093115531210@chinadtrace.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:17:25 -0000 Le 20/07/2016 05:09, Nan Xiao a écrit : > Hi all, > > My FreeBSD is running on VMware virtual machine. I modify /boot/loader.conf file > to prolong autoboot delay time: > > # cat /boot/loader.conf > autoboot_delay="60" > > After rebooting, I find the prompt is still default value (10s), and the screen looks > like hung (The image is here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NanXiao/FreeBSD-101-Hacks/master/images/boot_kernel.JPG). > But the actual delay time seems taking effect, about passing one minute, the system boots up. > > Is it a bug of running FreeBSD on VMware virtual machine? Could anyone help to explain it? Hmm, I can reproduce the same problem (on my machine) with less seconds, also happens here with a delay of 30. I think the loader was designed to have 10 as value to show at maximum? Regards, -- David Demelier