From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jul 3 14:37:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.ipass.net (pluto.ipass.net [198.79.53.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A1615137 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 14:37:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rhh@ipass.net) Received: from stealth.ipass.net. (ppp-3-15.dialup.rdu.ipass.net [209.170.134.15]) by pluto.ipass.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA20064; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 17:37:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rhh@localhost) by stealth.ipass.net. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id RAA01251; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 17:39:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rhh) Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 17:39:06 -0400 From: Randall Hopper To: Mike Smith Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Splash Screens (was Re: 3.2-RELEASE Feedback) Message-ID: <19990703173906.A1098@ipass.net> References: <199907031922.MAA01152@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199907031922.MAA01152@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 12:22:16PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith: |> Randall Hopper writes: |> > include /boot/loader.4th |> > start |> |> They're not much use unless you want to use loader.conf (loader.4th |> reads loader.conf and does magic stuff as directed by variables |> defined there, much like /etc/rc does magic stuff as directed by |> /etc/rc.conf) | |Yeah, including useful things like loading splash images and kernel |configuration files. | |You should use loader.conf, not loader.rc, to load splash data, etc. Thanks for the pointer. I converted over and certainly prefer the loader.conf form (more sh-like). I expect most users would. Perhaps splash(4) should point folks there instead of loader.rc?... Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message