From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 28 00:10:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA08031 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:10:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles24.castles.com [208.214.165.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA08022 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:10:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA01954; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:07:31 GMT (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199808280007.AAA01954@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Daniel O'Connor" cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, pvernon@purdue.edu, Masafumi NAKANE/=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Andrzej Bialecki Subject: Re: question In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:31:49 +0930." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:07:30 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > On 27-Aug-98 Mike Smith wrote: > > > And what about making the boot code emit a short beep when it displays > > > the boot: prompt? > > > > How about: > > > > # cat >> /boot/boot.conf > > echo ^G > Shouldn't that be boot.help? Hmm, actually that would be the place to put it in the current scenario, yes. /boot/boot.banner is where it would go with the "new" bootstrap. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message