> > > >
> > > > how to turn off checking that cable is connected? what Makefile option?
> > >
> > > You can set ddb.fromconsole to 0 with sysctl(3). For this to be the
> > > default behaviour, rebuild your kernel with options DDB_FROMCONSOLE=0.
> >
> > i'm not using ddb at all, and i'm talking about bootloader...
>
> On i386 (I assume that's what you're running, given the name of the
> bootloader) the boot loader doesn't exist after the kernel has

again. kernel has not yet started. bootloader gets to prompt mode instead
of autoboot after 5 seconds when cable is unplugged.

i wish i cleared my question