Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:06:32 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kayve@sfsu.edu Subject: Re: why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ? Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0802011604450.6427@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200802012123.m11LNV3s061230@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200802012123.m11LNV3s061230@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > you guys are meanies! beasties even!
>
> When the forth-implemented boot menu was introduced,
> the forth file displayed that menu alongside an ASCII
> picture of the BSD daemon [1] mascot which is commonly
> called "Beastie" [2]. Therefore that forth file got
> the name beastie.4th.
>
> Later the default changed to display "FreeBSD" in big
> letters instead of the BSD daemon. But Beastie is
> still there and can be enabled with an option. You
> can look at the beastie.4th file with a text editor.
>
i've know about daemons for years and years, and i've
known about that "beastie devil" who doesn't go over
so well in texas. i don't why i acted like such a stupe
and freeked out over such a file name.
thx {:}
> Best regards
> Oliver
>
> [1] http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html
> [2] http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/index.html
>
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> 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
> start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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