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Date:      Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andreas Davour <ante@update.uu.se>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to decrease the loader wait-time?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.58.0405241744590.9536@Tempo.Update.UU.SE>
In-Reply-To: <20040524145429.GE72502@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <20040517014109.B90332@pemaquid.safeport.com> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0405171025360.9360@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20040524145429.GE72502@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Mon, 24 May 2004, Dan Nelson wrote:

> In the last episode (May 24), Andreas Davour said:
> > I've been staring at the beastie during startup quite a bit now. Even
> > though he is a handsome chap to stare at, I still think 10 seconds
> > each boot is a bit to much.
> >
> > Can someone tell me how I configure the loader to decrease the time
> > delay? I kind of figured it would be found in the Handbook, I haven't
> > found it. Pointers welcome.
>
> /boot/loder.conf:
> beastie_disable="YES"
> autoboot_delay="2"
>
> works for me.  The variables are defined in the loader manpage (not
> loader.conf, which only describes the syntax).

So I didn't read the loader manpage closely enough. I read about
loader.conf, but apparantly that wasn't right.

Thanks for the help!

/andreas

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