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Before using any of the commands provided in beastie.4th, it must be included through the command:
include beastie.4th
This line is present in the default /boot/loader.rc file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
The commands provided by it are:
draw-beastie |
Draws the FreeBSD logo.
The logo that is drawn is configured by setting the loader_logo variable in loader.conf(5) to one of "beastie", "beastiebw", "fbsdbw", "orb", and "orbbw" (the default). The position of the logo can be configured by setting the loader_logo_x and loader_logo_y variables in loader.conf(5). The default values are 46 (x) and 4 (y).
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clear-beastie |
Clears the screen of beastie.
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beastie-start |
Initializes the interactive boot loader menu.
The loader_delay variable can be configured in loader.conf(5) to the number of seconds you would like to delay loading the boot menu. During the delay the user can press Ctrl-C to fall back to autoboot or ENTER to proceed. The default behavior is to not delay. |
The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
loader_logo | |
Selects the desired logo in the beastie boot menu. Possible values are: "fbsdbw", "beastie", "beastiebw", "orb", "orbbw" (default), and "none". | |
loader_logo_x | |
Sets the desired column position of the logo. Default is 46. | |
loader_logo_y | |
Sets the desired row position of the logo. Default is 4. | |
beastie_disable | |
If set to "YES", the beastie boot menu will be skipped. The beastie boot menu is always skipped if running non-x86 hardware. | |
loader_delay | |
If set to a number higher than zero, introduces a delay before starting the beastie boot menu. During the delay the user can press either Ctrl-C to skip the menu or ENTER to proceed to the menu. The default is to not delay when loading the menu. | |
/boot/loader | The loader(8). |
/boot/beastie.4th | |
beastie.4th itself. | |
/boot/loader.rc | loader(8) bootstrapping script. |
include /boot/beastie.4th beastie-start
Set a different logo in loader.conf(5):
loader_logo="beastie"
BEASTIE.4TH (8) | January 6, 2016 |
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