Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:19:22 -0500 From: "J. Porter Clark" <jpc@porterclark.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info Message-ID: <20100622011922.GA2317@auricle.charter.net>
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1. I'd like to be able to expand the list of choices in the boot menu (the menu with single user mode, safe mode, etc.) to include booting in any of several different environments, e.g., home wired, home wireless, work wired, work wireless. Hacking the FORTH code isn't entirely out of the question, but before I even try it, I need to know how I could tell the system to switch among different rc.conf files (if that's even possible) from the loader. Offhand, I don't see a mechanism for doing so. Cleverer ideas welcome. 2. Usually, when the system boots, there are several lines showing the kernel and various modules loading, possibly with diagnostics. Is there a way to pause after that stage, so that those lines can be read? Or is there any way to retrieve them after the system has booted? -- J. Porter Clark <jpc@porterclark.com>
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