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Date:      Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:24:12 -0500
From:      "J. Porter Clark" <jpc@porterclark.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info
Message-ID:  <20100629172412.GD12816@auricle.charter.net>
In-Reply-To: <201006291709.o5TH9KBn005684@mail.r-bonomi.com>
References:  <201006291709.o5TH9KBn005684@mail.r-bonomi.com>

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:09:20PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote:
> 
> _NOT_ directly.  But, you can use the loader(8) directive 'init_script' to
> specify a script that runs 'before anything else'.  Either have your menu
> item execute that word, to set an 'environment' specified by the file, or
> have a separate menu run _from_ that script.
> 
> The idea is 'find a hook', then do whatever it takes to use the hook you found. :)

Indeed!  Seems I had missed the init_script feature; that looks
like the easiest solution.  Thanks!

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J. Porter Clark      <jpc@porterclark.com>



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