From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 21 03:25:31 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F34716A418 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shannon@widomaker.com) Received: from wilma.widomaker.com (wilma.widomaker.com [204.17.220.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0955B13C468 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:25:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shannon@widomaker.com) Received: from [69.72.99.201] (helo=escape.goid.lan) by wilma.widomaker.com with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1INKMz-0008ed-00 for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:25:29 -0400 Received: from daydream (daydream.goid.lan [192.168.1.10]) by escape.goid.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95444A503 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:25:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:25:20 -0400 From: Charles Shannon Hendrix To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070820232520.662b32d4@daydream> Organization: Multi Endian X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: console message suppression during boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:25:31 -0000 I am trying to create a custom FreeBSD install that suppresses most console output during the boot. In fact, the only thing I want to see is my custom menu in the third stage, the stuff written in Forth. I added the -q and -m options to /boot.config, and it mostly works, but with two serious problems: - it does not suppress the loading output just before and just after the 3rd stage menu is displayed. - it suppresses console output even *after* the boot, which I don't want. For example, when I boot and third stage loader runs, I see this: [output showing loader code being loaded, a spinner, and some notes about the available drives] My Custom Menu 1 .......... 2 .......... and so on [output show chosen slice and kernel being booted] I want to suppress the stuff in []'s, but still show the menu. Also, when I run a shutdown, I don't see any console output, which makes it hard to tell when the system has halted. Any help appreciated. -- shannon | Tara is grass, and behold how Troy lieth | low--And even the English, perchance their | hour will come!