Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 13:11:58 -0600 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson@wixb.com> To: T Kellers <kellers@njit.edu>, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remove boot delay Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102131111.00b2a668@cheyenne.wixb.com> In-Reply-To: <200401021408.14786.kellers@njit.edu> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102124900.00b2a668@cheyenne.wixb.com> <44y8sqjho6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200401021408.14786.kellers@njit.edu>
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At 01:08 PM 1/2/2004, T Kellers wrote: >For 4.x it's defined in /boot/defaults/loader.conf: > >############################################################## >### Loader settings ######################################## >############################################################## > >#autoboot_delay="10" # Delay in seconds before autobooting >#bootfile="kernel;kernel.old" # Set the default boot file set >#console="vidconsole" # Set the current console >#currdev="disk1s1a" # Set the current device >#module_path="/;/boot;/modules" # Set the module search path > >I believe you put the overrides to this file in /boot/loader.conf. > >I'm not sure about 5.x > >Tim > > >On Friday 02 January 2004 02:04 pm, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > "J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson@wixb.com> writes: > > > What do I have to do to lower (or remove) the typical > > > 10 second delay: > > > > > > "Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt." > > > > > > ..I need this machine to boot ASAP and cant see to find anywhere to > > > adjust this? > > > > I seem to recall that being an option to boot0cfg(8). I found that if I edit /boot/loader.conf and use this: autoboot_delay="0" # Delay in seconds before autobooting it works quite well :) thanks guys! PS. I am on 5.2RC2 -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282
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