I am trying to create a custom FreeBSD install that suppresses most console
output during the boot.
In fact, the only thing I want to see is my custom menu in the third stage,
the stuff written in Forth.
I added the -q and -m options to /boot.config, and it mostly works, but with
two serious pro
I have configured a custom menu in the FreeBSD loader.
I didn't want beastie.4th so I wrote my own and it works well.
However, I would really like to have this stage not send any output to
the console except what is needed for displaying the menu and any
error messages I specifically want to wri
I am creating boot menus for an embedded project, and appliance machine
that runs FreeBSD and some custom software.
The machine has a serial-video BIOS so we can run the machine headless.
Serial console support works great, but for one problem:
When the second stage boot loader starts, the text
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:58:34 -0500
"Nikolas Britton" wrote:
> We need to start hounding on AMD to publish the developer
> documentation for all radeon chipsets. I for one will not buy any AMD
> or ATI components until they decide to fix the problem.
Brilliant. Let's destroy years of good will wi
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:30:12 +0100
Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:11:24 +0100
> > Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >>
> >&
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:11:24 +0100
Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>
> >
> > BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.1)
>
> Off-topic: Who or what is the origin of the "wht" version? One of the
> nice things abo
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:19:12 +0100
Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Artem Kuchin wrote:
> >> See here:
> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-March/033494.html
> >
> > Yes, that what i've got in the list and this how it was in the putty
> > terminal
> > originally. Not
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:46:19 -0800
Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>
> > Sometimes I'll get good speed for awhile (seconds), and then it starts
> > slowing down or stopping.
> >
> > /dev/random halts on me all
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:00:51 -0500
Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Interesting ... I could swear I recently had a problem with /dev/random
> blocking on a 6.X system ...
I have that problem on both FreeBSD and NetBSD.
Sometimes I'll get good speed for awhile (seconds), and then it start
