Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 17:46:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Davour <ante@update.uu.se> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to decrease the loader wait-time? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0405241744590.9536@Tempo.Update.UU.SE> In-Reply-To: <20040524145429.GE72502@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20040517014109.B90332@pemaquid.safeport.com> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0405171025360.9360@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20040524145429.GE72502@dan.emsphone.com>
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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.'" ===============================================
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