Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: Heh, ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would be complete :) Thanks, David Hmm, I've never heard any beeps on shutdown... how do you shutdown your system? When I type 'halt -p' it just powers off after synching the disks, no beep whatsoever. shutdown -p now ... so that would mean it's shutdown that does that? The annoyance factor has never been enough to make me investigate more closely. But hey, if halt -p is safe and clean, and silent, that's good enough for me. Yes, halt -p is safe and clean. In fact, shutdown executes halt -p when it's time to power down. Regards, Pieter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Tuesday 15 May 2007, Sam Lawrance wrote: On 14/05/2007, at 10:41 AM, Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Sunday 13 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: Sam Lawrance wrote: On 13/05/2007, at 6:15 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: [...] the drive, and likely to remain that way until the disk dies of mechanical failure. I just don't need that prompt, especially the annoying beep it makes. The beep was removed since May 2006 (6.2-RELEASE, 6-STABLE, HEAD). A simple #boot0cfg -B /dev/adX should get rid of it. I thought I remembered that! Wasn't it removed to reclaim a couple extra bytes? :-) Quote from the commit log: Restore the pre-5.x behavior of only beeping if the user makes a bad selection and not always beeping on startup. The two bytes for the extra 'jmp' instruction were obtained by removing recognition of BSD/OS partitions. Cheers, Pieter de Goeje Heh, ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would be complete :) Thanks, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: Heh, ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would be complete :) Thanks, David Hmm, I've never heard any beeps on shutdown... how do you shutdown your system? When I type 'halt -p' it just powers off after synching the disks, no beep whatsoever. Regards, Pieter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On 5/17/07, Pieter de Goeje [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would be complete :) Hmm, I've never heard any beeps on shutdown... how do you shutdown your system? When I type 'halt -p' it just powers off after synching the disks, no beep whatsoever. Using the default KDE shutdown command (which just halts the system without turning off the power, curiously enough), I also get these two beeps. Using 6.2-RELEASE. -- Victor Engmark Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - What is said in Latin, sounds profound ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On Thursday 17 May 2007, Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: Heh, ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would be complete :) Thanks, David Hmm, I've never heard any beeps on shutdown... how do you shutdown your system? When I type 'halt -p' it just powers off after synching the disks, no beep whatsoever. I just realised that 'shutdown -p now' will sent out shutdown messages and beep at the same time. 'halt -p' won't, so just use that :) HTH, Pieter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: Heh, ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would be complete :) Thanks, David Hmm, I've never heard any beeps on shutdown... how do you shutdown your system? When I type 'halt -p' it just powers off after synching the disks, no beep whatsoever. shutdown -p now ... so that would mean it's shutdown that does that? The annoyance factor has never been enough to make me investigate more closely. But hey, if halt -p is safe and clean, and silent, that's good enough for me. Thanks, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On 17/05/07, David Landgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Thursday 17 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: Heh, ok, for extra bonus points, what/where is the code that makes the two annoying BEEPs on shutdown? If I could compile that out, my life would be complete :) Thanks, David Hmm, I've never heard any beeps on shutdown... how do you shutdown your system? When I type 'halt -p' it just powers off after synching the disks, no beep whatsoever. shutdown -p now ... so that would mean it's shutdown that does that? The annoyance factor has never been enough to make me investigate more closely. But hey, if halt -p is safe and clean, and silent, that's good enough for me. You can set nobeep in tcsh or bell-style in bash. Unsure about ksh or zsh. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On 14/05/2007, at 10:41 AM, Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Sunday 13 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: 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. A fair point, but in this particular case, FreeBSD is the only thing on the drive, and likely to remain that way until the disk dies of mechanical failure. I just don't need that prompt, especially the annoying beep it makes. The beep was removed since May 2006 (6.2-RELEASE, 6-STABLE, HEAD). A simple #boot0cfg -B /dev/adX should get rid of it. I thought I remembered that! Wasn't it removed to reclaim a couple extra bytes? :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On Tuesday 15 May 2007, Sam Lawrance wrote: On 14/05/2007, at 10:41 AM, Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Sunday 13 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: 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. A fair point, but in this particular case, FreeBSD is the only thing on the drive, and likely to remain that way until the disk dies of mechanical failure. I just don't need that prompt, especially the annoying beep it makes. The beep was removed since May 2006 (6.2-RELEASE, 6-STABLE, HEAD). A simple #boot0cfg -B /dev/adX should get rid of it. I thought I remembered that! Wasn't it removed to reclaim a couple extra bytes? :-) Quote from the commit log: Restore the pre-5.x behavior of only beeping if the user makes a bad selection and not always beeping on startup. The two bytes for the extra 'jmp' instruction were obtained by removing recognition of BSD/OS partitions. Cheers, Pieter de Goeje ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
-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 Cheers, Matthew - -- 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 iD8DBQFGRski8Mjk52CukIwRCICuAJ49OYiAaExQsrrAgS0SWaAmZlm2tACfXyiW dXOmWmM4spJs0G7s1nV/At0= =6Lvi -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]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
-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]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
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. A fair point, but in this particular case, FreeBSD is the only thing on the drive, and likely to remain that way until the disk dies of mechanical failure. I just don't need that prompt, especially the annoying beep it makes. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
On Sunday 13 May 2007, David Landgren wrote: 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. A fair point, but in this particular case, FreeBSD is the only thing on the drive, and likely to remain that way until the disk dies of mechanical failure. I just don't need that prompt, especially the annoying beep it makes. The beep was removed since May 2006 (6.2-RELEASE, 6-STABLE, HEAD). A simple #boot0cfg -B /dev/adX should get rid of it. Cheers, Pieter de Goeje ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
List, 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. Thanks, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skipping F1 FreeBSD prompt on boot
-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. Cheers, Matthew - -- 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 iD8DBQFGRZ4g8Mjk52CukIwRCEL9AJ4xLg6nveSzeiEh7eRWKozp9phMzgCgkHoh igE3HZOoPkP9IHcYmh9XV2M= =FWqz -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]
