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On 04/16/2011 09:06 AM, Alexander Lardner wrote:
> Hello list,
> I have set a banner welcoming anybody on the console. I still see the "FreeBSD/i386 (Amnesiac) (ttyvX)" message. How can I stop this from displaying? I'd like the banner to be the only thing displayed.
> Thanks to anybody helping!_______________________________________________
>

This is controlled by the im parameter in /etc/gettytab:

default:\
        :cb:ce:ck:lc:fd#1000:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:\
        :if=/etc/issue:

I guess you can remove it altogether. Have a look at man gettytab