-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Sam Lawrance wrote: > > On 13/05/2007, at 6:15 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> Sam Lawrance wrote: >>> >>> On 12/05/2007, at 8:59 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: >>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA256 >>>> >>>> David Landgren wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have a disk that has only FreeBSD on it, and so I would like to skip >>>>> the initial F1/FreeBSD prompt. boot0cfg -v ad0 says: >>>>> >>>>> options=nopacket,update,nosetdrv >>>>> default_selection=F1 (Slice 1) >>>>> >>>>> ... what do I have to do to say JFDI instead of prompting? This is not >>>>> the sort of thing I want to fiddle around experimenting, so a little >>>>> guidance would be most appreciated. >>>> >>>> fdisk -B -b /boot/mbr /dev/ad0 >>>> >>>> You installed the FreeBSD boot sector stuff, which gives you the 'press >>>> F1' business. Replace that with the standard mbr, which just boots >>>> straight up. >>>> >>> >>> Rather than replacing it, you can use boot0cfg to set a really short >>> timeout instead; in case you might want that functionality one day. >> >> Heh. It's not like you only get one chance to rewrite the boot blocks >> on any particular drive. If anyone needs to (re-)install the FreeBSD >> boot >> blocks, then you can do very simply it by: >> >> boot0cfg -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 >> >> or even >> >> fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 >> >> Or if you need to boot from a serial console you can change /boot/boot0 >> to /boot/boot0sio > > Sure, but why get rid of it, when leaving it in with a short timeout > costs you nothing. >
Why leave it in when it costs you nothing to change it? - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGRsqO8Mjk52CukIwRCLtFAJ9sChy5dsJQZKKKBmmioyRcE/KJZQCfbYFG +yRVhRP6He9cnY7DqOf9RUw= =L15q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"