From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 17:24:14 2010 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 C3546106566C for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:24:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clarkjp@charter.net) Received: from mail.cluebytwelve.org (clueby12.org [198.186.190.239]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BCD88FC17 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:24:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localdomain.local (24-158-157-74.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com [24.158.157.74]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.cluebytwelve.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F36A41B5D9 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:24:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: by localdomain.local (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7578A4AC60; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:24:12 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:24:12 -0500 From: "J. Porter Clark" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100629172412.GD12816@auricle.charter.net> References: <201006291709.o5TH9KBn005684@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201006291709.o5TH9KBn005684@mail.r-bonomi.com> Organization: http://www.angelfire.com/ego/porterclark/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info 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: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:24:14 -0000 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