From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 13 17:43:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ACB216A403 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 17:43:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@landgren.net) Received: from profane.mongueurs.net (profane.mongueurs.net [81.80.147.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1288D13C455 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 17:43:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@landgren.net) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by profane.mongueurs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92DEA2E052; Sun, 13 May 2007 19:43:23 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46474E32.5060009@landgren.net> Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:43:14 +0200 From: David Landgren User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Lawrance References: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> <46459E20.5060108@infracaninophile.co.uk> <86C5378E-69FE-4A9F-9C77-C7970E42481F@brooknet.com.au> <4646C922.7040902@infracaninophile.co.uk> <9979A1FD-F329-4C64-B5D2-66399F731E87@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <9979A1FD-F329-4C64-B5D2-66399F731E87@brooknet.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skipping "F1 FreeBSD" prompt on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 17:43:25 -0000 Sam Lawrance wrote: > > 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. A fair point, but in this particular case, FreeBSD is the only thing on the drive, and likely to remain that way until the disk dies of mechanical failure. I just don't need that prompt, especially the annoying beep it makes. David