Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:18:04 +0430 From: takCoder <tak.official@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: any way to stop boot2 from waiting for keypress at system startup Message-ID: <CAPkyVLwqtQy6YDRTHbZdb-cmC3WEbtnd-UkHYke558fiwiJamw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPkyVLx1cNFgcukwfs6aPNx7x8ZniO4ntqyMsW6QdVf5sK8XQw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPkyVLxr-aUSq77XAMjhGSY4rJm4xo9LhcMXsxQDL4_ETT_ong@mail.gmail.com> <20130702084057.143d3eeb.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAPkyVLx1cNFgcukwfs6aPNx7x8ZniO4ntqyMsW6QdVf5sK8XQw@mail.gmail.com>
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i found the answer! if i add a "-n" parameter to /boot.config file, the mentioned feature will be disabled.. On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:16 AM, takCoder <tak.official@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your quick reply. :) > > Unfortunately, no.. the option you are talking about is for limitting or > disabling beastie menu waiting time, and i am using the option you mention > as well.. > > I wait to disable a feature one step before that.. before even loading > kernel.. i just don't know what exactly its name is.. but it's just at the > beginning of boot2 procedure; it waits for 3 seconds for user input and if > you press any key, it shows you the prompt i mentioned and so on.. > if there is no key-press, the normal process will go on.. > > Best Regards, > t.a.k > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 11:05:22 +0430, takCoder wrote: >> > Hi Everyone, >> > >> > i wanna stop boot2 from getting a input string to change default boot >> > point.. is there any way around, other than changing boot2.c source >> code to >> > disable this feature?? >> > >> > As you may know, on system-startup, if you press any key, you will see >> the >> > following prompt, waiting for you to enter related string: >> > FreeBSD/x86 boot >> > Default: 0:ad(0,a) >> > boot: >> > >> > I checked it and found out that i can change boot2.c file to disable >> this >> > section.. but I'd rather find another way.. Would you please let me know >> > whether there are any other ways to do so? >> >> Without having checked it, but is this what you are searching for? >> >> In /boot/loader.conf: >> >> autoboot_delay="-1" >> >> From /boot/defaults/loader.conf: >> >> 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 >> >> I'm using autoboot_delay="1" to limit the time which the system >> is waiting before continuing the boot process. >> >> >> >> -- >> Polytropon >> Magdeburg, Germany >> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 >> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >> > >
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