remove boot delay

[J.D. Bronson]

At 01:08 PM 1/2/2004, T Kellers wrote:
>For 4.x it's defined in /boot/defaults/loader.conf:
>
>##############################################################
>###  Loader settings  ########################################
>##############################################################
>
>#autoboot_delay="10"            # Delay in seconds before autobooting
>#bootfile="kernel;kernel.old"   # Set the default boot file set
>#console="vidconsole"           # Set the current console
>#currdev="disk1s1a"             # Set the current device
>#module_path="/;/boot;/modules" # Set the module search path
>
>I believe you put the overrides to this file in /boot/loader.conf.
>
>I'm not sure about 5.x
>
>Tim
>
>
>On Friday 02 January 2004 02:04 pm, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > "J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson at wixb.com> writes:
> > > What do I have to do to lower (or remove) the typical
> > > 10 second delay:
> > >
> > > "Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt."
> > >
> > > ..I need this machine to boot ASAP and cant see to find anywhere to
> > > adjust this?
> >
> > I seem to recall that being an option to boot0cfg(8).


I found that if I edit /boot/loader.conf and use this:
autoboot_delay="0"            # Delay in seconds before autobooting

it works quite well :)

thanks guys!

PS. I am on 5.2RC2








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