Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:26:13 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Alex Kwan <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting immediatle - skip Hit [Enter] or wait 9 seconds Message-ID: <20000407182612.A238@parish> In-Reply-To: <289.955021963@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 01:52:43PM %2B0200 References: <000901bf9fa4$ae995300$d91e40ca@alexkwan> <289.955021963@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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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.
>
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