Automating a FreeBSD 6.0 boot menu selection

[Paul Hamilton]

Hi all,
 
I have a HP DL-140 G2 server, that will only boot when I select FreeBSD Safe
mode, option 3 on the boot loader menu.
 
I have read through 'man loader' and 'man loader.conf'  I have also had a
read through the /boot/defaults/loader.conf file, but don't really see an
option for this.
 
Is there a way to auto select a menu option upon boot up?
 
I am running FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE, and have tried 6.0 RELEASE as well.
 
Obviously it would be nice to have it start up normally, but there seems to
be a problem reading the SATA drive in normal boot mode.
 
 
Regards,
 
Paul Hamilton
Busselton, 6280
Australia