Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:00:53 GMT From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/70231: Beastie not by default Message-ID: <200408180700.i7I70rsW062734@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/70231; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/70231: Beastie not by default Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:31:26 +0300 On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 09:00:39PM +0000, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > The following reply was made to PR misc/70231; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> > To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, > FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Cc: > Subject: Re: misc/70231: Beastie not by default > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:54:38 +0200 > > On Aug 17 at 21:11, Ceri Davies spoke: > > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 12:39:05AM +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > > > > The "Beastie" boot-menu makes sense. > > > Just displaying such a beastie make reality ridiculous. > > > The Beastie should not be displayed by default. > > > > Why would we want to display anything other than the logo which graces > > our website? > > I and probably others don't want to see the Beastie each time we > have to boot an occasionally choose an option from the menu. > The Beastie is not neutral. Such a logo is offending. > Put beastie_disable="YES" into your /boot/loader.conf, and go on with your life. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer
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