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.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Devin Teske
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 6, 2016
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.Dt BEASTIE.4TH 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm beastie.4th
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.Nd FreeBSD ASCII art boot module
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The file that goes by the name of
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.Nm
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is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art FreeBSD mascot
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\(en known simply as
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.Em beastie
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\(en to the right of the boot loader menu.
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The commands of
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.Nm
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by themselves are not enough for most uses.
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Please refer to the
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examples below for the most common situations, and to
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.Xr loader 8
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for additional commands.
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.Pp
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Before using any of the commands provided in
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.Nm ,
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it must be included
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through the command:
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.Pp
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.Dl include beastie.4th
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.Pp
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This line is present in the default
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.Pa /boot/loader.rc
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file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
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.Pp
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The commands provided by it are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
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.It Ic draw-beastie
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Draws the FreeBSD logo.
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.Pp
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The logo that is drawn is configured by setting the
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.Ic loader_logo
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variable in
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.Xr loader.conf 5
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to one of
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.Dq Li beastie ,
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.Dq Li beastiebw ,
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.Dq Li fbsdbw ,
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.Dq Li orb ,
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and
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.Dq Li orbbw
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(the default).
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.Pp
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The position of the logo can be configured by setting the
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.Ic loader_logo_x
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and
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.Ic loader_logo_y
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variables in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 .
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The default values are 46 (x) and 4 (y).
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.Pp
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.It Ic clear-beastie
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Clears the screen of beastie.
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.Pp
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.It Ic beastie-start
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Initializes the interactive boot loader menu.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ic loader_delay
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variable can be configured in
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.Xr loader.conf 5
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to the number of seconds you would like to delay loading the boot menu.
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During the delay the user can press Ctrl-C to fall back to
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.Ic autoboot
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or ENTER to proceed.
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The default behavior is to not delay.
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.El
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.Pp
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The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
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.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
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.It Va loader_logo
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Selects the desired logo in the beastie boot menu. Possible values are:
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.Dq Li fbsdbw ,
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.Dq Li beastie ,
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.Dq Li beastiebw ,
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.Dq Li orb ,
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.Dq Li orbbw
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(default), and
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.Dq Li none .
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.It Va loader_logo_x
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Sets the desired column position of the logo. Default is 46.
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.It Va loader_logo_y
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Sets the desired row position of the logo. Default is 4.
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.It Va beastie_disable
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If set to
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.Dq YES ,
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the beastie boot menu will be skipped.
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The beastie boot menu is always skipped if running non-x86 hardware.
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.It Va loader_delay
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If set to a number higher than zero, introduces a delay before starting the
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beastie boot menu. During the delay the user can press either Ctrl-C to skip
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the menu or ENTER to proceed to the menu. The default is to not delay when
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loading the menu.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /boot/loader.4th -compact
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.It Pa /boot/loader
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The
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.Xr loader 8 .
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.It Pa /boot/beastie.4th
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.Nm
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itself.
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.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
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.Xr loader 8
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bootstrapping script.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Standard i386
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.Pa /boot/loader.rc :
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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include /boot/beastie.4th
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beastie-start
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Set a different logo in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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loader_logo="beastie"
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
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.Xr loader 8 ,
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.Xr loader.4th 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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set of commands first appeared in
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.Fx 5.1 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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set of commands was written by
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.An -nosplit
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.An Scott Long Aq scottl@FreeBSD.org ,
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.An Aleksander Fafula Aq alex@fafula.com
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and
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.An Devin Teske Aq dteske@FreeBSD.org .
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