Re: Beastie

From: Edwin Groothuis (edwin_at_mavetju.org)
Date: 11/29/04

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    Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:25:59 +1100
To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, stable@freebsd.org

    On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 05:23:40PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
    > 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
    > > sense that what I am about to ask might push some buttons, or perhaps
    > > bring back some unpleasant memories of those who have asked what I am
    > > going to ask in a less tactful manner.
    > >
    > > I find that the beastie that appears at boot time with FreeBSD 5.3
    > > mildly bothers me. It is possible for me to edit boot/beastie.4th, but
    > > this gets put back each time I do make installworld.
    > >
    > > Would it be possible to add a variable "show_beastie" to be put in
    > > /boot/loader.conf, which would default to "YES", but users could add in
    > > show_beastie="NO" if they didn't want it, but only want the menu.
    >
    > That option is already there, you didn't look hard enough.

    It's not really the easiest option to find kris...

            beastie_disable="YES" 

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