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# echo 'beastie_disable="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

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John Brooks
john@day-light.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Tommy Barus
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:45 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: disabling system boot text
> 
> 
> I'm trying to disable, change, or hide the text displayed or 
> outputted to the screen as the system boots. I have set up a 
> machine with no monitor, nor keyboard, and I connect to the 
> device via the serial interface. My goal is to create an embedded 
> device, on which the user will to connect via the serial port and 
> go directly to the user/login prompt. 
> 
>  
> 
> I'm a little new to FreeBSD and I could not find any 
> documentation that will help me do this. To avoid some of the 
> confusion about the text I'm talking about, I have attached a 
> sample of the display I would like to change or disable (and the 
> text that follows).
> 
> 
> 
> Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Tommy Bartus
> 
> 
> 
> 
>