From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 1 21:23:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69AB616A419 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:23:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB1E213C45B for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:23:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m11LNV1c061231; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 22:23:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m11LNV3s061230; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 22:23:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 22:23:31 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200802012123.m11LNV3s061230@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kayve@sfsu.edu In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-chat User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:23:32 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kayve@sfsu.edu List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:23:34 -0000 KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > you guys are meanies! beasties even! I'm not sure if your question is meant to be serious or not, but I'll try to give a serious answer anyway. I'm working on that file right now. :-) Basically the name is kept for historical reasons. When the forth-implemented boot menu was introduced, the forth file displayed that menu alongside an ASCII picture of the BSD daemon [1] mascot which is commonly called "Beastie" [2]. Therefore that forth file got the name beastie.4th. Later the default changed to display "FreeBSD" in big letters instead of the BSD daemon. But Beastie is still there and can be enabled with an option. You can look at the beastie.4th file with a text editor. Best regards Oliver [1] http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html [2] http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/index.html -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'