Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:06:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Alex Kwan <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: booting immediatle - skip Hit [Enter] or wait 9 seconds Message-ID: <200004072306.e37N6GG16097@cytosine.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20000407182612.A238@parish> from Mark Ovens at "Apr 7, 2000 06:26:13 pm"
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I'm not sure, but I have a hunch. When it loads for me, it says that it loads /boot/defaults/loader.conf. So, you might have to put it in that file. --bhishan > On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 01:52:43PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 16:45:57 +0800, "Alex Kwan" wrote: > > > > > At the beginning of booting process will pause at: > > > "Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt > > > Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds ................" > > > How to config skip this step and let the kernel booting immediately > > > (no need press [Enter]) ? > > > > You can shorten or remove the delay by adding this line to > > /boot/loader.conf (creating the file if it does not exist): > > > > autoboot_delay="0" > > > > I tried this, adding > > autoboot_delay="1" > > to /boot/loader.conf (actually I had to create the file) but I still get the > 10-second countdown. Any idea why? > > # cd /boot > # cat loader.conf > autoboot_delay="1" > # > > > > Even with no delay, you can still get the loader prompt if you're quick > > with your space bar. However, this can be quite annoying and you'd be > > well advised to set the delay to at least one second. > > > > Ciao, > > Sheldon. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Beam me up Scottie, there's no intelligent life down here > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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