Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:24:42 -0400 From: richf <juggler@optonline.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD 4.3 does not autoboot? Message-ID: <002a01c1324a$33efb240$0f00a8c0@thecave.priv>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_6ddbgkCb39ul/3hul/xEcg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi, I've just done a fresh install of 4.3, and it went smoothly. The problem is that boot2 won't run anything unless I press the enter key at the "boot: " prompt. I'm new to Free, but my understanding is that in the default install boot2 will automatically run /boot/loader. This does not happen unless I press the enter key. I've tried creating a /boot.config file containing either the single line "/boot/loader" or "/kernel" but neither of these cause autoboot to happen. I still have to press the enter key at the "boot: " prompt. What am I missing? Can someone provide a clue? I've read through the man page for boot(8) but without finding the answer. Please let me know if I have to provide more information. Thanks to all who help! Rich --Boundary_(ID_6ddbgkCb39ul/3hul/xEcg) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've just done a fresh install of 4.3, and it went smoothly. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem is that boot2 won't run anything unless I press the enter key at the "boot: " prompt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm new to Free, but my understanding is that in the default install boot2 will automatically run /boot/loader. This does not happen unless I press the enter key. I've tried creating a /boot.config file containing either the single line "/boot/loader" or "/kernel" but neither of these cause autoboot to happen. I still have to press the enter key at the "boot: " prompt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What am I missing? Can someone provide a clue? I've read through the man page for boot(8) but without finding the answer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please let me know if I have to provide more information.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to all who help!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rich</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_6ddbgkCb39ul/3hul/xEcg)-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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