From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 11 15:34:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA03888 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:34:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from isgate.is (isgate.is [193.4.58.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA03851 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:34:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from totii@est.is) Received: from eh.est.is (eh.est.is [194.144.208.34]) by isgate.is (8.7.5-M/) with ESMTP id XAA27990; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:34:13 GMT Received: from didda.est.is (ppp-21.est.is [194.144.208.121]) by eh.est.is (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA25002; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:34:18 GMT Message-ID: <3468EB70.41C67EA6@est.is> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:34:08 +0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck CC: jlemon@americantv.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gawd! Am I a newbie forever? References: <199711112104.QAA00910@capecod.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id PAA03869 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chuck wrote: > > jlemon@americantv.com sez: > >On Nov 11, 1997 at 12:53:38PM -0500, Chuck wrote: > >> Just when I thought I had the hang of it :-( > >> > >> Whenever I boot one of my two 2.2.2R systems, I get the configuration > >> menu before the boot continues. I have to hit return to finish the > >> boot. The other system boots cleanly. > >> > >> I can't find anything in the configuration menu which says to turn the > >> damn thing off! The system is completely configured, runs like a top, > >> and yet .. I can't boot hands off. If I shutdown -r now, and come back > >> ten minutes later, it's sitting there in that silly menu offering me > >> three choices, the first of which gets the boot rolling. > > > >Try checking /boot.config; this contains default options that are passed > >to `boot' when it comes up. It sounds like you have ``-c'' in this file, > >which would always drop you in the UserConfig menu on a reboot. > >-- > >Jonathan > > Sorry, there isn't any /boot.config. The root directory has no plain > files except for /kernel*, .cshrc, .profile, COPYRIGHT and new-registration. > The dotfiles are unexceptional. --Yes, finding something like a file > named /boot.config would be a dead giveaway! > Chuck Did you create new kernel for the machine ? If 'new kernel' then 'options USERCONFIG_BOOT #imply -c and parse info area' must have slipped in to your config ! else 'don't know !' -- Þórður Ívarsson Thordur Ivarsson Rafeindavirki Electronic technician Norðurgötu 30 Nordurgotu 30 Box 309 Box 309 602 Akureyri 602 Akureyri Ísland Iceland --------------------------------------------- FreeBSD has good features, Some others are full of unwanted features! ---------------------------------------------