Navigation

    Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Register
    • Login
    • Search
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search

    Boot menu timeout… adjustable?

    General pfSense Questions
    3
    3
    1390
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • S
      Slartibartfast last edited by

      I am running pfSense in a virtual machine on my primary PC, so the host is booted before the VM is. I always let the boot menu time out and use the default option. Since I have to wait till pfSense is fully operational in the VM before I can access the internet, I would like to be able to disable the initial menu and always go to the default option without waiting, or failing that, shorten the timeout to two seconds, with perhaps a "hit any key" feature to keep it from proceeding automatically. Is there any way to do this?

      Thanks.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • R
        rjcrowder last edited by

        @Slartibartfast:

        I am running pfSense in a virtual machine on my primary PC, so the host is booted before the VM is. I always let the boot menu time out and use the default option. Since I have to wait till pfSense is fully operational in the VM before I can access the internet, I would like to be able to disable the initial menu and always go to the default option without waiting, or failing that, shorten the timeout to two seconds, with perhaps a "hit any key" feature to keep it from proceeding automatically. Is there any way to do this?

        Thanks.

        in /boot/loader.conf set autoboot_delay=2

        Think you can also set it in loader.conf.local (but not certain).

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • johnpoz
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator last edited by

          I do the same thing, never worried about it too much - its only a few seconds.  But I keep meaning to try this out since this is a few seconds delay as well

          http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Remove_F1_Boot_Prompt

          Maybe your interested in that as well?

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • First post
            Last post

          Products

          • Platform Overview
          • TNSR
          • pfSense
          • Appliances

          Services

          • Training
          • Professional Services

          Support

          • Subscription Plans
          • Contact Support
          • Product Lifecycle
          • Documentation

          News

          • Media Coverage
          • Press
          • Events

          Resources

          • Blog
          • FAQ
          • Find a Partner
          • Resource Library
          • Security Information

          Company

          • About Us
          • Careers
          • Partners
          • Contact Us
          • Legal
          Our Mission

          We provide leading-edge network security at a fair price - regardless of organizational size or network sophistication. We believe that an open-source security model offers disruptive pricing along with the agility required to quickly address emerging threats.

          Subscribe to our Newsletter

          Product information, software announcements, and special offers. See our newsletter archive to sign up for future newsletters and to read past announcements.

          © 2021 Rubicon Communications, LLC | Privacy Policy