ok, let=B4s drop another one:

How can I change the output of:=20
sysctl -n kern.ostype
sysctl -n kern.osrevision
sysctl -n kern.osrelease

???
man sysctl tells me, that these values are not changable, but I know, =
they are ;-)
Is it possible to edit /sys/sysctl.h???

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Weber [mailto:Ephaeton@gmx.net]
Sent: Freitag, 12. Juli 2002 14:03
To: Giorgos Keramidas
Cc: Martin Weber; Michael G. Schabert; Nicolas Saurbier; bsd-help
(E-mail) (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Startup Messages


On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 02:55:08PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2002-07-12 11:36 +0000, Martin Weber wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 05:17:45AM -0400, Michael G. Schabert wrote:
> > > At 10:26 AM +0200 7/12/02, Nicolas Saurbier wrote:
> > > >is there any Kernel-option, that disables the messages during
> > > >boot?  I don?t want to see these messages:
> > >
> > > Yes you do.
> > > You just don't know that you do.
> > >
> > > If you *ever* have any problems, that's the first place we'll ask
> > > you to look (dmesg).
> >
> > So what ? I guess his point is that he doesn't want to see those
> > message during starting, can always type 'dmesg' when it runs when
> > we ask for one. So if he *ever* has any problems, he'll boot, type
> > dmesg, pipe that into some file, and send it to us, where's the
> > problem ?
>=20
> Except perhaps, for those cases that some problem stops the kernel
> from booting long before any sort of login terminal is up :-/

Sheesh, it's not that complicated: with a flag which suppressed
"successful" output (probing, or starting of daemons or alike),
and only printed errant conditions (unconfigured devices e.g.,=20
or exit status of !=3D 0 of programs invoked by rc). remember, I
say with a flag, implying it must be turned on before it's happening!

-Martin