From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 22 01:45:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C4A106566C for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:45:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 182C38FC17 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1831305bwz.13 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:45:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received :x-authentication-warning:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=6sZ+rrr0/+MnW0hE8a8g+Ull3+752/JERU7dMT4fsig=; b=TOWnH/EJi7gTu0JvstdZq4u2JBuED4O6zFzSoUUXadtcqxMYYkUSA+QBUU+bJvypHC aXvb3p0KhJ7iJxLhUmsWsiaSguoYFD60m+aQUdpSkXH3aLPEiYRfnVRIwYadMWScMp7l u+fjSruIp0j+QS2/D1l10HLB21KiA10JDp3q4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=tEoSdbpeGFfZ0OYDzmVKGYRcd5EhfIzbMkJHnXCtIwz9cavKQQFvyYscK+u4LJrL+6 9AfWIF/QwCE1C8fgpr/RVYGyf4kUAHsXFAsPllV1CtjMd1XyqAE1iTTWr/2EwIXdYUuU 3dQhYTAYghjDAh8Gc7JU6bWnTLebwG/8hW7zQ= Received: by 10.204.74.29 with SMTP id s29mr3621136bkj.97.1277171117850; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:45:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from darklight.org.ru ([213.132.76.142]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id jr10sm8920022bkb.42.2010.06.21.18.45.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:45:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from darklight.org.ru (yuri@darklight.org.ru [IPv6:::1]) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o5M1jFIr008836; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:45:15 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: (from yuri@localhost) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o5M1jD9H008833; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:45:13 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: darklight.org.ru: yuri set sender to yuri.pankov@gmail.com using -f Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:45:13 +0400 From: Yuri Pankov To: "J. Porter Clark" Message-ID: <20100622014513.GA89205@darklight.org.ru> References: <20100622011922.GA2317@auricle.charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100622011922.GA2317@auricle.charter.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:45:19 -0000 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 Yuri