Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 18:19:53 +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: <9979A1FD-F329-4C64-B5D2-66399F731E87@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4646C922.7040902@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> <46459E20.5060108@infracaninophile.co.uk> <86C5378E-69FE-4A9F-9C77-C7970E42481F@brooknet.com.au> <4646C922.7040902@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 13/05/2007, at 6:15 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Sam Lawrance wrote: >> >> 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. > > Heh. It's not like you only get one chance to rewrite the boot blocks > on any particular drive. If anyone needs to (re-)install the > FreeBSD boot > blocks, then you can do very simply it by: > > boot0cfg -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > > or even > > fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > > Or if you need to boot from a serial console you can change /boot/ > boot0 > to /boot/boot0sio Sure, but why get rid of it, when leaving it in with a short timeout costs you nothing.
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