Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:24:06 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: speeding up boots... Message-ID: <XFMail.990422132406.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <199904221631.MAA26315@etinc.com>
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On 22-Apr-99 Dennis wrote: > Is there a simple tuning parameter for > > 1) losing the 10 second countdown on boot.... Hit space during the next pause, then press '?' for a list of commands you can use. Once you figure out what you want to do, put the appropriate commands in /boor/loader.rc and they will be executed every time. For example, "autoboot 10" waits 10 seconds and then boots. > 2) speeding up the large IDE hard disk check Look in LINT for IDE_DELAY. The delay is during the probe for ATAPI devices. HTH. > Thanks, > > Dennis --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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