Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:54:24 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nikclayton@gmail.com> To: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: i b <i.bernevig@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Taking screenshots during install Message-ID: <47978D60.4020805@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080119214128.GA57253@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <ee1511e40801191005o67913c24p39e7af7c4e96062f@mail.gmail.com> <20080119214128.GA57253@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael W. Lucas wrote: > Install without taking screenshots. > > Then run in console-only mode. On the main console, run > sysinstall(8). On the second virtual console, use "vidcontrol -p" to > capture the contents of the first screen to a screenshot file. Then > use scr2png to transform that screen shot into a .png. +1 -- that's the specific use case that the '-p' option to vidcontrol, and the scr2* utilities were intended to support (it's how the installation screenshots in the Handbook were/are generated). N
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