From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 13 08:20:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2615F16A400 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 08:20:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from boris@brooknet.com.au) Received: from pecan.exetel.com.au (pecan.exetel.com.au [220.233.0.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D94B913C489 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 08:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from boris@brooknet.com.au) Received: from 28.201.233.220.exetel.com.au ([220.233.201.28] helo=[192.168.100.148]) by pecan.exetel.com.au with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hn9J9-0000di-BL; Sun, 13 May 2007 18:19:59 +1000 In-Reply-To: <4646C922.7040902@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <46458C63.8040600@landgren.net> <46459E20.5060108@infracaninophile.co.uk> <86C5378E-69FE-4A9F-9C77-C7970E42481F@brooknet.com.au> <4646C922.7040902@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9979A1FD-F329-4C64-B5D2-66399F731E87@brooknet.com.au> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Sam Lawrance Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 18:19:53 +1000 To: Matthew Seaman X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skipping "F1 FreeBSD" prompt on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 08:20:02 -0000 On 13/05/2007, at 6:15 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Sam Lawrance wrote: >> >> On 12/05/2007, at 8:59 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA256 >>> >>> David Landgren wrote: >>> >>>> I have a disk that has only FreeBSD on it, and so I would like >>>> to skip >>>> the initial F1/FreeBSD prompt. boot0cfg -v ad0 says: >>>> >>>> options=nopacket,update,nosetdrv >>>> default_selection=F1 (Slice 1) >>>> >>>> ... what do I have to do to say JFDI instead of prompting? This >>>> is not >>>> the sort of thing I want to fiddle around experimenting, so a >>>> little >>>> guidance would be most appreciated. >>> >>> fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr /dev/ad0 >>> >>> You installed the FreeBSD boot sector stuff, which gives you the >>> 'press >>> F1' business. Replace that with the standard mbr, which just boots >>> straight up. >>> >> >> Rather than replacing it, you can use boot0cfg to set a really short >> timeout instead; in case you might want that functionality one day. > > Heh. It's not like you only get one chance to rewrite the boot blocks > on any particular drive. If anyone needs to (re-)install the > FreeBSD boot > blocks, then you can do very simply it by: > > boot0cfg -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > > or even > > fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > > Or if you need to boot from a serial console you can change /boot/ > boot0 > to /boot/boot0sio Sure, but why get rid of it, when leaving it in with a short timeout costs you nothing.