Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:25:59 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beastie Message-ID: <20041129012559.GB1541@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20041129012340.GA24768@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <41AA785C.5020304@math.missouri.edu> <20041129012340.GA24768@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 05:23:40PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 07:16:12PM -0600, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > It is with a little intrepidation that I ask this question, because I > > sense that what I am about to ask might push some buttons, or perhaps > > bring back some unpleasant memories of those who have asked what I am > > going to ask in a less tactful manner. > > > > I find that the beastie that appears at boot time with FreeBSD 5.3 > > mildly bothers me. It is possible for me to edit boot/beastie.4th, but > > this gets put back each time I do make installworld. > > > > Would it be possible to add a variable "show_beastie" to be put in > > /boot/loader.conf, which would default to "YES", but users could add in > > show_beastie="NO" if they didn't want it, but only want the menu. > > That option is already there, you didn't look hard enough. It's not really the easiest option to find kris... beastie_disable="YES" -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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