From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 19:52:52 2009 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 50A32106564A for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 19:52:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f105.google.com (mail-qy0-f105.google.com [209.85.221.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064A48FC19 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 19:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by qyk3 with SMTP id 3so4736170qyk.3 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:52:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=fRmaMErhXdVfE1HkG8F5QDg93PCZit6u+0bbPyOmeyA=; b=YauVs8lI2k45T4a0dJE1w/msUL66INwwmzfcwfxi0AjfsQ9FaBsvChvPaBdJrg1rn4 R8Ow8VNoynARY4ysX3tXLmwjmVx1R/aUdtAsrxtvzwxtS48sxAIsxBco+7tmz9Pt2Xi3 4a4n3jMjxbBGvruNdaN9Qn9OmYkS+7YmWPUYg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=J+893VtN0XW11AkuKuaCm5GbfKQOyPbrPuvjYYRmRx0TCG4CKaJzEWl9iqm5Uasana TWNoLS85NipF8Nhi2uPdk5bWigtsykFuDummUOgaaZECSZ8RzMmBm86NgQ6SiSta3PqA YoUU1VAxygiYrlLct9T8Mh+1l2KWFLc5u3VXY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.95.15 with SMTP id b15mr10080859vcn.98.1242071571342; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:52:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A087A1D.9060309@gmail.com> References: <4A087A1D.9060309@gmail.com> From: Tim Judd Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:52:31 -0600 Message-ID: To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation - VT4 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: Mon, 11 May 2009 19:52:52 -0000 On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > When you install freeBSD via sysinstall you could switch to VT2 which > displays what files it is currently installing and you could switch to > VT4 which displays some kind of prompt. What exactly is that prompt? sh? > What utilities does it have access to? When would you want to use it? > > -- > Eitan Adler > "Security is increased by designing for the way humans actually behave." > -Jakob Nielsen > ttyv4 is the holographic shell otherwise mentioned. It only has access to built-in commands (such as echo, cd, etc) It's really limited and so far, haven't found a use for it yet. I think it was a "new thing" when sysinstall was out and was useful back then. Since then, we've kept it and just haven't done much to it. If you find a use, share it.