From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 6 21:45:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE57416A420 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:45:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd-unix@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.200.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 392D743D6D for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:45:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd-unix@comcast.net) Received: from kt.weeble.com (c-68-56-224-228.hsd1.fl.comcast.net[68.56.224.228]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <20060206213146012007v1ude>; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:31:46 +0000 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:32:01 -0500 From: Randy Pratt To: Ceri Davies 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.4 (GTK+ 2.8.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Looking for Randy Pratt X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:45:59 -0000 On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 18:17:05 +0000 Ceri Davies 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 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 --