On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 03:17:13PM +0200, Alexander Hall wrote: > Pierre Riteau wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 02:41:11PM +0200, Alexander Hall wrote: >>> Jason Crawford wrote: >>>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> I would like the bootloader to accept no user input and do nothing but >>>>> load the kernel. >>>> man boot.conf >>>> look for timeout >>> Another possibility, from "man boot", section EXAMPLES: >>> >>> Remove the 5 second pause at boot-time permanently, causing >>> boot to load the kernel immediately without prompting: >>> >>> # echo "boot" > /etc/boot.conf >>> >>> Note that for 4.3 and older systems, boof.conf can be overridden >>> (i.e. not processed) by pressing and holding Contrl when booting. >>> Looking at it now, I see that it's been removed from the -current >>> manpage, so I guess maybe it's not available anymore. >> >> First, this functionality appeared in 4.2, so you won't find it in >> every "older system". > > Ok, I wasn't sure about that. I thought it'd been along for longer. (I > obviously have not used it a lot). > >> Secondly, it is still in -current man page and the feature is still >> here. > > Oops. I see now that > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot&arch=i386 actually > gave me the SOCPPC manpage... And I cannot seem to find the i386 one > through man.cgi at all... > > Sorry for the misinformation and thanks for the clarifications. > > /Alexander
That's because there was a timeframe when socppc boot.conf manpage was installed as a machine independent manpage (this has been fixed a few weeks ago). Unfortunately, in the manpages web interface, deleted pages are kept around and that's why you get the socppc manpage (for example you can still find the vpn man page which was removed more than 2 years ago). CC:ing Bob who seems to be in charge of this manpage web interface. Pierre Riteau
