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Date:      Thu, 03 Aug 2000 13:04:54 +0200
From:      "Andrei A. Dergatchev" <A.Dergatchev@tn.utwente.nl>
To:        "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: new books, changing my pt. of view
Message-ID:  <398951D6.6AF95F8E@tn.utwente.nl>
References:  <DBB3921EFE2AD211A81500A0C9B5FE760579452C@msg04.scana.com> <06a801bffc9d$73c1a9c0$1600010a@pmr.com> <014e01bffcb8$7d46fed0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <20000802215841.A36147@mithrandr.moria.org> <01a201bffcc0$9f2c6370$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <2000080222 <04b301bffd39$77b55940$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>

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Doug Young wrote:

> > ok, thanks, my freebsd box is down currently so i can't test right now.
>
> Oh shock !!! Oh horror !!!! ......... and I thought FreeBSD boxes were like
> Rollers
> and NEVER broke down.  :)

FreeBSD is fine. Some 1 year old WD hdds are not, as
it appears.
Oh well, you maybe right - we need a better testing on
installation, so that when FreeBSD installs it tests all
HW and runs only if it gives a life warrantly :-)

> >
> > I believe I saw this message but I presumed he was talking
> > about user commands being issued and not about screen
> > bitmap.
>
> As I recall it captures the text in a console .... that means its a much
> smaller file
> than a BMP / JPG / whatever.  Probably OK for the early "white text on black
> screen" screens if there's a way to run "script". I guess it would need to
> be done on a different machine somehow since the install one doesn't have an
> O/S at that stage. If I could comprehend what Alfred Perlstein was on about
> with installing via serial cable it might be possible.

I couldn't get why you just insist on not having the OS installed
when taking screenshots ? Shouldn't make any difference
for taking pictures, as I understood from the posting I gave
reference to.

Andrei



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