Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 20:51:55 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> To: dmaddox@scsn.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gawd! Am I a newbie forever? Message-ID: <199711120151.UAA02301@capecod.net>
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Looks as though dmaddox@scsn.net made a critical observation: >On Tue, Nov 11, 1997 at 04:04:46PM -0500, 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 > It looks like you compiled your kernel with options USERCONFIG_BOOT. >Recompile without this option and this problem will go away. A hearty BINGO! Of all the fool things I've done this year (well, no, this wasn't the worst :-] ), well, it sure has been wasting some time. I somehow added USERCONFIG_BOOT while under some chemical influence. Thanks heartily; I never would have looked at the config file. Chuck
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