Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:45:13 +0400 From: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com> To: "J. Porter Clark" <jpc@porterclark.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info Message-ID: <20100622014513.GA89205@darklight.org.ru> In-Reply-To: <20100622011922.GA2317@auricle.charter.net> References: <20100622011922.GA2317@auricle.charter.net>
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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 08:19:22PM -0500, J. Porter Clark wrote: > 1. I'd like to be able to expand the list of choices in the > boot menu (the menu with single user mode, safe mode, etc.) to > include booting in any of several different environments, e.g., > home wired, home wireless, work wired, work wireless. Hacking > the FORTH code isn't entirely out of the question, but before > I even try it, I need to know how I could tell the system to > switch among different rc.conf files (if that's even possible) > from the loader. Offhand, I don't see a mechanism for doing so. > Cleverer ideas welcome. > > 2. Usually, when the system boots, there are several lines > showing the kernel and various modules loading, possibly with > diagnostics. Is there a way to pause after that stage, so that > those lines can be read? Or is there any way to retrieve them > after the system has booted? You are probably looking for /var/run/dmesg.boot. > > -- > J. Porter Clark <jpc@porterclark.com> Yuri
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