From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 08:47:09 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 42E9816A4E4 for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 08:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from limicola.its.uu.se (limicola.its.UU.SE [130.238.7.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BB7A43D46 for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 08:47:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ante@update.uu.se) Received: by limicola.its.uu.se (Postfix, from userid 205) id D4D3ADF81D; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:34 +0200 (MSZ) Received: from limicola.its.uu.se(127.0.0.1) by limicola.its.uu.se via virus-scan id s2352; Mon, 24 May 04 17:46:26 +0200 Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.25]) by limicola.its.uu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09444DD077; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:26 +0200 (MSZ) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7312141AB; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Psilocybe [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 20663-14; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Tempo.Update.UU.SE (Tempo.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.17]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A10A14177; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: by Tempo.Update.UU.SE (Postfix, from userid 30086) id 593FB33073; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Tempo.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A9033052; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Davour To: Dan Nelson In-Reply-To: <20040524145429.GE72502@dan.emsphone.com> Message-ID: References: <20040517014109.B90332@pemaquid.safeport.com> <20040524145429.GE72502@dan.emsphone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 15:47:09 -0000 On Mon, 24 May 2004, Dan Nelson wrote: > 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). So I didn't read the loader manpage closely enough. I read about loader.conf, but apparantly that wasn't right. Thanks for the help! /andreas =================== Emacs ===================== mail: ante@update.uu.se "Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift' ... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git.'" ===============================================