Stupid ASCII loader prompt

Loren M. Lang lorenl at alzatex.com
Sun Mar 13 02:21:12 PST 2005


On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 05:06:40AM -0500, Fafa Diliha Romanova wrote:
> hello
> 
> i find that loader prompt very frustrating:
> 
> 1. it is *VERY* unprofessional

I don't see much difference between seeing a giant daemon, a giant window,
and a giant apple on startup.

> 2. having that demon in there, it invites evil into my world

It's not a demon, but a daemon.

> 3. it's bad for my image too, when other people see it,
>    they laugh and go:
> 
>    "is THAT your supersystem? blah"

All my friends think it's so much cooler than that penguin they used to
see.


All that aside, I think putting beastie_disable="YES" in
/boot/loader.conf will do the trick.

> 
> somebody please tell me, how do i remove it?
> i don't want anything to do with it.
> 
> thanks,
> -- fafa
> 
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