Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:34:29 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Message-ID: <im7k55$mkg$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <61CB098E09920647A7B1F8D58189E3FD01212C259D@CP-SBS-1.cedarpath.local> References: <61CB098E09920647A7B1F8D58189E3FD01212C259D@CP-SBS-1.cedarpath.local>
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On 21/03/2011 13:48, Michael Klapheke wrote:
> Hi. I know this subject has been addressed in other posts, but I cannot seem to get it to work. I have inherited a FreeBSD server and I cannot get it to boot properly. I read the articles on avoiding having to press the F1 key, and I tried to follow the suggestions (note, my disks are labeled "da0s1" etc. instead of "ad0") as in the following:
>
> boot0cfg -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/da0
>
> or even
>
> fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/da0
>
> Neither of these prevents the user from having to press the F1 key.
It's not a configurable parameter of the boot loader, you need a
different boot loader ("default").
However, why is that a problem? The user doesn't *have* to press the F1
key, he can just wait 5 seconds or so and the boot will proceed with the
last boot choice.
> I also read the tutorial on how FreeBSD boots, but I cannot find anything that helps.
T think the relevant lines from boot0cfg(8) are:
To go back to non-interactive booting, use fdisk(8) to install the
default MBR:
fdisk -B ad0
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