Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:41:28 -0500 From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: i b <i.bernevig@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Taking screenshots during install Message-ID: <20080119214128.GA57253@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <ee1511e40801191005o67913c24p39e7af7c4e96062f@mail.gmail.com> References: <ee1511e40801191005o67913c24p39e7af7c4e96062f@mail.gmail.com>
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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."
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