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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.
Cheers,
Matthew
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