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Date:      Wed, 07 Oct 1998 00:13:32 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Viren R. Shah" <viren@rstcorp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: boot loader problems.. 
Message-ID:  <199810070713.AAA00967@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 1998 13:35:36 EDT." <199810061735.NAA00682@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> 

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> I had to put a "boot /kernel.aout" into the /boot/boot.conf file. My
> boot.conf file now is:
> 
> set autoboot=5
> boot /kernel.aout
> 
> Now it boots immediately without waiting the 5 seconds. Without the
> "boot /kernel.aout" line, it just sits at the "Hit [enter]..."
> prompt. 
> 
> Is there an intermediate solution where it will wait 5 seconds before
> autobooting kernel.aout?

With changes I committed earlier tonight:

set autoboot_delay=5
set bootfile=/kernel.aout

will do the trick.  I may change 'bootfile' to 'kern_bootfile' to be 
more consistent with the sysctl name, but I haven't settled on the 
convention(s) to use there yet.


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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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