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Date:      Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:55:44 -0700
From:      "brian j. peterson" <rbw@myplace.org>
To:        Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: set boot device permanantly in SRM
Message-ID:  <20020711225543.GA8059@malkavian.org>
In-Reply-To: <1026427101.2125.9.camel@jan-linnb.lan>
References:  <1026426233.2125.4.camel@jan-linnb.lan> <20020711223227.GE63545@cicely5.cicely.de> <1026427101.2125.9.camel@jan-linnb.lan>

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i'm not aware of any delay-before-boot setting, but the boot can be
effectively stopped by hitting ^C during the early stages of the boot
process, thus dropping you back to the SRM console.

another document for you:
http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/documentation/archive/sdk/ec-qk8df-te_srm_cons_mb_users_gde.pdf
this PDF lists all the SRM commands and environment variables.

-brian



On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 12:38:20AM +0200, Jan Lentfer wrote:
> Am Fre, 2002-07-12 um 00.32 schrieb Bernd Walter:
> 
> > set bootdef_dev dka0
> > 
> > Maybe you also want:
> > set auto_action boot
> 
> Brian, Bernd,
> 
> Many thanks for the quick answers (this really is one of the most
> helpfull lists I have ever been on). Is there a possibility to set a
> "wait time" before boot? Like if no one hits a key for 5 seconds, then
> auto-boot?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jan
> 
> 
> 
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