From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 19 22:11:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D3F16A418 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:11:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org [198.22.63.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4259913C468 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:11:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0JLfSop057328; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:41:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id m0JLfSAW057327; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:41:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:41:28 -0500 From: "Michael W. Lucas" To: i b Message-ID: <20080119214128.GA57253@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:41:29 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Taking screenshots during install X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:11:36 -0000 On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 10:05:37AM -0800, i b wrote: > Hi everyone > > How can I take some screenshots during install ? > > I have to write a paper about the 7.0-RELEASE install process so ... > > Thanks in advance, Here's how I generated all the installation screen shots in "Absolute FreeBSD": Take notes on how you install, and which options you chose. Install without taking screenshots. Then run in console-only mode. On the main console, run sysinstall(8). On the second virtual console, use "vidcontrol -p" to capture the contents of the first screen to a screenshot file. Then use scr2png to transform that screen shot into a .png. You can use sysinstall to generate all the screens you would during a normal install. Just don't commit any of the changes, and it won't write to the hard drive. Or, if you have a second hard drive, you can actually install on that hard drive. ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org, mwlucas@FreeBSD.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Now Shipping: "Absolute FreeBSD" -- http://www.AbsoluteFreeBSD.com On 5/4/2007, the TSA kept 3 pairs of my soiled undies "for security reasons."