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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:22:54 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        me@privacy.net
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question on quieting kernel boot
Message-ID:  <xzpr7y2r4n5.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <BAY1-F45l5bhn1owOI00001afd6@hotmail.com> (Rob MacGregor's message of "Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:11:51 %2B0000")
References:  <BAY1-F45l5bhn1owOI00001afd6@hotmail.com>

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"Rob MacGregor" <rob_macgregor@hotmail.com> writes:
> I take it that's the "-m" (mute the console) and "-v" (verbose)
> options?  Where can I find details on exactly what these do?

I don't know what -m does, but -v is what I was thinking of.  It sets
a variable in the kernel (bootverbose).  Parts of the kernel will
print additional information at boot time (and sometimes also at run
time) if bootverbose is non-zero.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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