From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 07:55:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84A2B16A4CE for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 07:55:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B04843D48 for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 07:55:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id i4OEsTGK067564; Mon, 24 May 2004 09:54:29 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 09:54:29 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Andreas Davour Message-ID: <20040524145429.GE72502@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20040517014109.B90332@pemaquid.safeport.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to decrease the loader wait-time? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 14:55:12 -0000 In the last episode (May 24), Andreas Davour said: > I've been staring at the beastie during startup quite a bit now. Even > though he is a handsome chap to stare at, I still think 10 seconds > each boot is a bit to much. > > Can someone tell me how I configure the loader to decrease the time > delay? I kind of figured it would be found in the Handbook, I haven't > found it. Pointers welcome. /boot/loder.conf: beastie_disable="YES" autoboot_delay="2" works for me. The variables are defined in the loader manpage (not loader.conf, which only describes the syntax). -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com