Solved Hiding boot messaages

[balanga]

Is there any way to make FreeBSD boot silently, ie not display anything before getting to the login prompt?

 

[POSIX.1]

Is there any way to make FreeBSD boot silently, ie not display anything before getting to the login prompt?

YES!!!

 

[balanga]

YES!!!

Well that information was useful!

 

[POSIX.1]

balanga want another one?

 

[vermaden]

Is there any way to make FreeBSD boot silently, ie not display anything before getting to the login prompt?

Yep.

% grep rc_ /etc/rc.conf
  rc_startmsgs=NO
  rc_info=NO

% grep boot_mute /boot/loader.conf                             
  boot_mute=YES

 

[balanga]

Yep.

% grep rc_ /etc/rc.conf
  rc_startmsgs=NO
  rc_info=NO

% grep boot_mute /boot/loader.conf                            
  boot_mute=YES

vermaden many thanks for this. Just tried it and it's quite neat. It appears to boot faster, but that's probably my imagination.

Is there any way to provide your own image when booting?

 

[balanga]

balanga want another one?

Thanks, but no thanks.

 

[Phishfry]

The system provides some images you can use. You can create your own.

Post in thread 'Why does Freebsd only support bmp and pcx splash screen images?'

Dec 4, 2018

There is actually splash working with vt(4) now. There is a default beastie graphic built-in but with super low rez.
I couldn't get it to work with my own graphic. I tried pcx too. Rez at 320x240

/boot/loader.conf

boot_mute="YES"
beastie_disable="YES"
autoboot_delay=0
#splash_bmp_load="YES"
#bitmap_load="YES"
#bitmap_name="/boot/freebsd.bmp"

• Phishfry

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Check this thread too:

#loader_logo="orbbw" # Desired logo: orbbw, orb, fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none

 

[balanga]

Is it possible to provide a FreeBSD boot option to toggle displaying of boot msgs?