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Number of seconds
.Ic autoboot
will wait before booting.
Configuration options are described in
.Xr loader.conf 5 .
will default to 10 seconds.
.Pp
If set to
.Dq Li NO ,
no
.Ic autoboot
will be automatically attempted after processing
.Pa /boot/loader.rc ,
though explicit
.Ic autoboot Ns 's
will be processed normally, defaulting to 10 seconds delay.
.Pp
If set to
.Dq Li 0 ,
no delay will be inserted, but user still will be able to interrupt
.Ic autoboot
process and escape into the interactive mode by pressing some key
on the console while kernel and
modules are being loaded.
.Pp
If set to
.Dq Li -1 ,
no delay will be inserted and
.Nm
will engage interactive mode only if
.Ic autoboot
has failed for some reason.
.It Va boot_askname
Instructs the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the root device
when the kernel is booted.

Lines 41-50 Link Here

(-)loader/loader.conf (-4 / +1 lines)
41	### Loader settings ########################################	41	### Loader settings ########################################
42	##############################################################	42	##############################################################
43		43
44	#autoboot_delay="10" # Delay in seconds before autobooting,	44	#autoboot_delay="10" # Delay in seconds before autobooting
45	# set to -1 if you don't want user to be
46	# allowed to interrupt autoboot process and
47	# escape to the loader prompt
48	#beastie_disable="NO" # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off	45	#beastie_disable="NO" # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off
49	#loader_logo="fbsdbw" # Desired logo: fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none	46	#loader_logo="fbsdbw" # Desired logo: fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none
50	#console="vidconsole" # A comma separated list of console(s)	47	#console="vidconsole" # A comma separated list of console(s)




All such settings sharing a common
prefix refer to the same module.
.Bl -tag -width Ar
.It Ar autoboot_delay
Delay in seconds before autobooting.  If set to
.Dq Li NO ,
no
.Ic autoboot
will be automatically attempted after processing
.Pa /boot/loader.rc ,
though explicit
.Ic autoboot Ns 's
will be processed normally, defaulting to 10 seconds delay.
.Pp
If set to
.Dq Li 0 ,
no delay will be inserted, but a user with console access will be able
to interrupt the
.Ic autoboot
process and escape into the interactive mode by pressing some key on
the console while kernel and modules are being loaded.
.Pp
If set to
.Dq Li -1 ,
no delay will be inserted and
.Nm
will engage interactive mode only if
.Ic autoboot
has failed for some reason.
In combination with the
.Va beastie_disable
option, this option prevents users with console access from being able
to interrupt the
.Ic autoboot
process and escape to the loader prompt.
To use the
.Va autoboot_delay
option in this manner,
.Va beastie_disable
must be set to
.Dq Li YES .
.It Ar exec
Immediately executes a
.Xr loader 8

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Lines 333-367 Link Here

(-)loader/loader.8 (-29 / +2 lines)
333	Number of seconds	333	Number of seconds
334	.Ic autoboot	334	.Ic autoboot
335	will wait before booting.	335	will wait before booting.
336	If this variable is not defined,	336	Configuration options are described in
337	.Ic autoboot	337	.Xr loader.conf 5 .
338	will default to 10 seconds.
339	.Pp
340	If set to
341	.Dq Li NO ,
342	no
343	.Ic autoboot
344	will be automatically attempted after processing
345	.Pa /boot/loader.rc ,
346	though explicit
347	.Ic autoboot Ns 's
348	will be processed normally, defaulting to 10 seconds delay.
349	.Pp
350	If set to
351	.Dq Li 0 ,
352	no delay will be inserted, but user still will be able to interrupt
353	.Ic autoboot
354	process and escape into the interactive mode by pressing some key
355	on the console while kernel and
356	modules are being loaded.
357	.Pp
358	If set to
359	.Dq Li -1 ,
360	no delay will be inserted and
361	.Nm
362	will engage interactive mode only if
363	.Ic autoboot
364	has failed for some reason.
365	.It Va boot_askname	338	.It Va boot_askname
366	Instructs the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the root device	339	Instructs the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the root device
367	when the kernel is booted.	340	when the kernel is booted.

Lines 90-95 Link Here

(-)loader/loader.conf.5 (+38 lines)
90	All such settings sharing a common	90	All such settings sharing a common
91	prefix refer to the same module.	91	prefix refer to the same module.
92	.Bl -tag -width Ar	92	.Bl -tag -width Ar
		93	.It Ar autoboot_delay
		94	Delay in seconds before autobooting. If set to
		95	.Dq Li NO ,
		96	no
		97	.Ic autoboot
		98	will be automatically attempted after processing
		99	.Pa /boot/loader.rc ,
		100	though explicit
		101	.Ic autoboot Ns 's
		102	will be processed normally, defaulting to 10 seconds delay.
		103	.Pp
		104	If set to
		105	.Dq Li 0 ,
		106	no delay will be inserted, but a user with console access will be able
		107	to interrupt the
		108	.Ic autoboot
		109	process and escape into the interactive mode by pressing some key on
		110	the console while kernel and modules are being loaded.
		111	.Pp
		112	If set to
		113	.Dq Li -1 ,
		114	no delay will be inserted and
		115	.Nm
		116	will engage interactive mode only if
		117	.Ic autoboot
		118	has failed for some reason.
		119	In combination with the
		120	.Va beastie_disable
		121	option, this option prevents users with console access from being able
		122	to interrupt the
		123	.Ic autoboot
		124	process and escape to the loader prompt.
		125	To use the
		126	.Va autoboot_delay
		127	option in this manner,
		128	.Va beastie_disable
		129	must be set to
		130	.Dq Li YES .
93	.It Ar exec	131	.It Ar exec
94	Immediately executes a	132	Immediately executes a
95	.Xr loader 8	133	.Xr loader 8