disabling system boot text

[Tommy Barus]

I'm trying to disable, change, or hide the text displayed or outputted to the screen as the system boots. I have set up a machine with no monitor, nor keyboard, and I connect to the device via the serial interface. My goal is to create an embedded device, on which the user will to connect via the serial port and go directly to the user/login prompt. 

 

I'm a little new to FreeBSD and I could not find any documentation that will help me do this. To avoid some of the confusion about the text I'm talking about, I have attached a sample of the display I would like to change or disable (and the text that follows).



Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.



Regards,



Tommy Bartus




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