Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:34:08 +0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson <totii@est.is> To: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> Cc: jlemon@americantv.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gawd! Am I a newbie forever? Message-ID: <3468EB70.41C67EA6@est.is> References: <199711112104.QAA00910@capecod.net>
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Chuck wrote: > > jlemon@americantv.com sez: > >On Nov 11, 1997 at 12:53:38PM -0500, Chuck wrote: > >> Just when I thought I had the hang of it :-( > >> > >> Whenever I boot one of my two 2.2.2R systems, I get the configuration > >> menu before the boot continues. I have to hit return to finish the > >> boot. The other system boots cleanly. > >> > >> I can't find anything in the configuration menu which says to turn the > >> damn thing off! The system is completely configured, runs like a top, > >> and yet .. I can't boot hands off. If I shutdown -r now, and come back > >> ten minutes later, it's sitting there in that silly menu offering me > >> three choices, the first of which gets the boot rolling. > > > >Try checking /boot.config; this contains default options that are passed > >to `boot' when it comes up. It sounds like you have ``-c'' in this file, > >which would always drop you in the UserConfig menu on a reboot. > >-- > >Jonathan > > Sorry, there isn't any /boot.config. The root directory has no plain > files except for /kernel*, .cshrc, .profile, COPYRIGHT and new-registration. > The dotfiles are unexceptional. --Yes, finding something like a file > named /boot.config would be a dead giveaway! > Chuck Did you create new kernel for the machine ? If 'new kernel' then 'options USERCONFIG_BOOT #imply -c and parse info area' must have slipped in to your config ! else 'don't know !' -- Þórður Ívarsson Thordur Ivarsson Rafeindavirki Electronic technician Norðurgötu 30 Nordurgotu 30 Box 309 Box 309 602 Akureyri 602 Akureyri Ísland Iceland --------------------------------------------- FreeBSD has good features, Some others are full of unwanted features! ---------------------------------------------
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