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Date:      Sat, 14 Oct 2000 11:34:28 -0700
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Bennett Hui <bhui@mail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: reducing boot manager and kernel startup countdown timers
Message-ID:  <20001014113428.Y25121@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBKCNFGLGFDJGFGEECIEOECDAA.bhui@mail.com>; from bhui@mail.com on Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 01:17:17AM -0700
References:  <NDBBKCNFGLGFDJGFGEECIEOECDAA.bhui@mail.com>

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On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 01:17:17AM -0700, Bennett Hui wrote:
> how do I change the countdown timer in FreeBSD for the boot manager and the
> kernel startup from the default 10 seconds to something less (or even 0
> seconds)?  Which config files do I have to change?

Put,

  autoboot_delay="0"

Or whatever value you want in,

  /boot/loader.conf

Have a look at /boot/default/loader.conf to see what else can be put
in /boot/loader.conf.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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