Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:23:40 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beastie Message-ID: <20041129012340.GA24768@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <41AA785C.5020304@math.missouri.edu> References: <41AA785C.5020304@math.missouri.edu>
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--mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 07:16:12PM -0600, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > It is with a little intrepidation that I ask this question, because I=20 > sense that what I am about to ask might push some buttons, or perhaps=20 > bring back some unpleasant memories of those who have asked what I am=20 > going to ask in a less tactful manner. >=20 > I find that the beastie that appears at boot time with FreeBSD 5.3=20 > mildly bothers me. It is possible for me to edit boot/beastie.4th, but= =20 > this gets put back each time I do make installworld. >=20 > Would it be possible to add a variable "show_beastie" to be put in=20 > /boot/loader.conf, which would default to "YES", but users could add in= =20 > show_beastie=3D"NO" if they didn't want it, but only want the menu. That option is already there, you didn't look hard enough. Kris --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBqnocWry0BWjoQKURAnrEAJ4q42LMTtYpc1nyN5hRF5jmuHLlMQCg9pHq 3Gw4tEXR23t5quAzLHjb0Hw= =fMuv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ--
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