Re: Boot without displaying anything?

["R. Smith" <et42invalid_(_at_)_hotmail_(_dot_)_com>]

Thanks for the help.

It still shows some hardware info, OpenBSD/i386 boot 1.26, and switching
console to com0 but no login.  I am only trying to have a normal boot
screen without any information whatsoever except login:_ 'cause I still
need to boot the box on and off and login to do stuff.  Also, the box is
hosed if no com0 monitor is available.

By the way, is it also possible to supress root/su access alert on
screen?  I tried to locate the code but have yet gotten even close. :)

Roger

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:22:52 -0500
Josh Archambault <josh_(_at_)_snowplow_(_dot_)_org> wrote:

> Well...
> 
> You can check out the manpage for boot.conf for other options, but at
> the very least you could add something like "set tty com0" to an
> /etc/boot.conf file.  While it's not quite a redirection to /dev/null,
> the bootstrap program (boot) will send all of you dmesg output to your
> first serial port.  The machine will boot whether a serial device is
> attached to see these messages or not.
> 
> -J
> 
> 
> 
> "R. Smith" wrote:
> > 
> > Is it possible to boot without displaying anything but a login:_ ?
> > I have a box in a public accessable area so I dont want people to know
> > what configuration the box has.
> > 
> > Many thanks.
> > 
> > R. Smith.