| README (44842) | README (44912) |
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| 1 README file, for the boot config file setup. This is meant 2 to explain how to manage the loader configuration process. 3 The boot and loading process is either defined, or being 4 defined in boot(8) and loader(8). 5 6 The ongoing development of the FreeBSD bootloader, and its 7 rapid deployment while still in the development phase, has 8 resulted in a large number of installations with outdated --- 61 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 70 boot about it, but it's a warning only, no other effects. 71 See the section on loader.conf syntax at the end of this 72 document, for some more pointers on loader.conf syntax. 73 74 The best way to manage splash screens is with entries in 75 /boot/loader.conf, and this is very clearly illustrated in 76 /boot/defaults/loader.conf (which you could just copy over 77 to /boot/loader.conf). I'm going to illustrate here how you | 1 README file, for the boot config file setup. This is meant 2 to explain how to manage the loader configuration process. 3 The boot and loading process is either defined, or being 4 defined in boot(8) and loader(8). 5 6 The ongoing development of the FreeBSD bootloader, and its 7 rapid deployment while still in the development phase, has 8 resulted in a large number of installations with outdated --- 61 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 70 boot about it, but it's a warning only, no other effects. 71 See the section on loader.conf syntax at the end of this 72 document, for some more pointers on loader.conf syntax. 73 74 The best way to manage splash screens is with entries in 75 /boot/loader.conf, and this is very clearly illustrated in 76 /boot/defaults/loader.conf (which you could just copy over 77 to /boot/loader.conf). I'm going to illustrate here how you |
| 78 *could* do it in /boot/loader.conf (for information only) | 78 *could* do it in /boot/loader.rc (for information only) |
| 79 but I don't recommend you do this; use the 80 /boot/defaults/loader.conf syntax, it's easier to get it 81 correct. 82 83 You can load your splash screen by putting the following | 79 but I don't recommend you do this; use the 80 /boot/defaults/loader.conf syntax, it's easier to get it 81 correct. 82 83 You can load your splash screen by putting the following |
| 84 lines into /boot/loader.conf: | 84 lines into /boot/loader.rc: |
| 85 86 load splash_bmp 87 load -t splash_image_data /path/to/file.bmp 88 89 The top line causes the splash_bmp module to get loaded. 90 The second line has the parameter "-t" which tells the 91 loader that the class of DATA being loaded is not a module, 92 but instead a splash_image_data located in file --- 50 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 143 unload 144 load kernel.old 145 [any other modules you wish to load] 146 boot 147 148 o If you use loader.conf, you can do: 149 150 unload | 85 86 load splash_bmp 87 load -t splash_image_data /path/to/file.bmp 88 89 The top line causes the splash_bmp module to get loaded. 90 The second line has the parameter "-t" which tells the 91 loader that the class of DATA being loaded is not a module, 92 but instead a splash_image_data located in file --- 50 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 143 unload 144 load kernel.old 145 [any other modules you wish to load] 146 boot 147 148 o If you use loader.conf, you can do: 149 150 unload |
| 151 set kernel_name=kernel.old | 151 set kernel=kernel.old |
| 152 boot-conf 153 154 this will then load all the modules you have 155 configured, using kernel.old as kernel, and boot. 156 157 o From loader, you can use the command "more" to read the 158 contents of /boot/loader.rc, if you wish. This is not 159 FreeBSD's more. It is one of loader's builtin commands. --- 87 unchanged lines hidden --- | 152 boot-conf 153 154 this will then load all the modules you have 155 configured, using kernel.old as kernel, and boot. 156 157 o From loader, you can use the command "more" to read the 158 contents of /boot/loader.rc, if you wish. This is not 159 FreeBSD's more. It is one of loader's builtin commands. --- 87 unchanged lines hidden --- |