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! -- J. Porter Clark <jpc@porterclark.com>
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