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Date:      Thu, 06 Apr 2000 21:16:24 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        William Freeman <wdf@picusnet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: a boot config issue 
Message-ID:  <200004070216.VAA12622@nospam.hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: Message from William Freeman <wdf@picusnet.com>  of "Tue, 04 Apr 2000 21:57:13 EDT." <38EA9D79.E4AF292F@picusnet.com> 

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William Freeman writes:
> Hello, all.  I've tried for a very long time to figure out how to do
> this, but not knowing shell scripting is a pain.  is there a way that i
> can make the screen clear all the stuff that scrolls on bootup away
> before the login prompt stuff on ttyv0?

I beleive /etc/gettytab is what you are looking for. If you add a \f to 
the front of the "im" series in the default entry then the screen will 
do a form feed.

default:\
        :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:
                                ^ insert \f before \r\n

--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
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