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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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