> When I issue the 'reboot' command in netbsd, somehow I get a "press any key to reboot
> the operating system" prompt everytime.  This is very annoying with remote machines,
> because there is no one to press a key to reboot it and it stays on.  Is there a way to
> change this?  Is there an option in the kernel that will just reboot the machine
> withouthaving to press a key after issuing the command?
for every machine i installed netbsd it doesn't prompt for key when
starting "reboot" command only when "halt"

strange..
isn't your "/sbin/reboot" called by other name through link?

reboot and halt is the same binary and it's behavior depends from
executable name