From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 7 16:41:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFAA16A420 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:41:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-3-1-cust208.cdif.cable.ntl.com [82.31.78.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFAD643D70 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:41:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1F6VuD-0001wk-6d; Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:41:29 +0000 Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:41:29 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Randy Pratt Message-ID: <20060207164129.GS21499@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Randy Pratt , doc@FreeBSD.org References: <20060205122529.GS28289@submonkey.net> <20060205172211.45b86f8d.bsd-unix@comcast.net> <20060206181705.GL21499@submonkey.net> <20060206163201.47d1e1ad.bsd-unix@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060206163201.47d1e1ad.bsd-unix@comcast.net> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Looking for Randy Pratt X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:41:39 -0000 --IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 04:32:01PM -0500, Randy Pratt wrote: > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 18:17:05 +0000 > Ceri Davies wrote: >=20 > > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 05:22:11PM -0500, Randy Pratt wrote: > > > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:25:29 +0000 > > > Ceri Davies wrote: > > >=20 > > > > Randy's mail is bouncing. Anyone have an address for him that work= s? > > >=20 > > > This one is my present email. The machine that I used for login to > > > freefall died during Hurricane Charlie taking with it my means to > > > change my forwarding email. > >=20 > > Sounds nasty; glad you made it out OK :) > >=20 > > All I wanted was to pick your brains regarding taking an .SCR of a boot > > time screen, specifically the beastie/boot menu; is that possible, since > > obviously it's kind of hard to use vidcontrol at that point. > > The only way I can think of doing it at the moment is to put a serial > > console on one machine and take it that way; is there something easier? >=20 > A serial console is how I created the some of the .scr that could not > be captured in some form after install. I did do some hex editing of > the .scr if I had a version that was close and didn't want to set up > the serial console. I'd probably have to go thru that learning curve > again if I tried hex editing now. >=20 > There might be a way to display the beastie menu on a console after > boot and capture it in that manner but I don't know 4th so I can't > offer any quick solution there. >=20 > If you have the null cable and a spare machine, it would probably > be the fastest way without having to get too involved. Cool, that sounds good. > Does that menu really need a screenshot since its black and white > and could be represented by text? It would accomplish the > representation needed for the accompanying text explanation. Just > a thought! Yeah, I'd probably agree, but I figure that since the user only gets ten seconds to look at it for real that a real screenshot might be an idea. If it turns out to be too difficult to obtain then I'll just change my mind. :) > Sorry I couldn't help more, No, the info you gave has been very useful, thanks. Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD6M25ocfcwTS3JF8RAjWKAJ9oR2MlIxu1g1XMKOtudMF9ROMlqwCglN/F y3xDo8k+r+A5YurCsRWcAAY= =4S36 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IuJpT0rwbUevm2bB--