Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:32:01 -0500 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@comcast.net> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Looking for Randy Pratt Message-ID: <20060206163201.47d1e1ad.bsd-unix@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20060206181705.GL21499@submonkey.net> References: <20060205122529.GS28289@submonkey.net> <20060205172211.45b86f8d.bsd-unix@comcast.net> <20060206181705.GL21499@submonkey.net>
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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 18:17:05 +0000 Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 05:22:11PM -0500, Randy Pratt wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:25:29 +0000 > > Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > > > > > Randy's mail is bouncing. Anyone have an address for him that works? > > > > This one is my present email. The machine that I used for login to > > freefall died during Hurricane Charlie taking with it my means to > > change my forwarding email. > > Sounds nasty; glad you made it out OK :) > > All I wanted was to pick your brains regarding taking an .SCR of a boot > time screen, specifically the beastie/boot menu; is that possible, since > obviously it's kind of hard to use vidcontrol at that point. > The only way I can think of doing it at the moment is to put a serial > console on one machine and take it that way; is there something easier? A serial console is how I created the some of the .scr that could not be captured in some form after install. I did do some hex editing of the .scr if I had a version that was close and didn't want to set up the serial console. I'd probably have to go thru that learning curve again if I tried hex editing now. There might be a way to display the beastie menu on a console after boot and capture it in that manner but I don't know 4th so I can't offer any quick solution there. If you have the null cable and a spare machine, it would probably be the fastest way without having to get too involved. Does that menu really need a screenshot since its black and white and could be represented by text? It would accomplish the representation needed for the accompanying text explanation. Just a thought! Sorry I couldn't help more, Randy --
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