From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 7 00:08:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA27585 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:08:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles29.castles.com [208.214.165.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA27573 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:08:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00967; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:13:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810070713.AAA00967@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Viren R. Shah" cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot loader problems.. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 1998 13:35:36 EDT." <199810061735.NAA00682@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 00:13:32 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message