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Re: Add a "scroll" keyword to boot.cfg



On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:43:57AM +1000, Simon Burge wrote:
> Matthias Drochner wrote:
> 
> > ad%NetBSD.org@localhost said:
> > > The clear screen thing
> > 
> > Could you make this optional? I prefer to see the BIOS summary and
> > PCI device list while the NetBSD boot countdown is running.
> > Or add a "clear" command which can be invoked from boot.cfg.
> 
> A "clear" command works for me too.

One of my 'pet hates' is screen clearing....
For instance the Soekris bios emits and ANSI home/clear sequence whenever
it is entered that rather nicely deletes the last (vital) kernel
messages when the system resets!

        David

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David Laight: david%l8s.co.uk@localhost


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