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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd January 6, 2016
28.Dt BEASTIE.4TH 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm beastie.4th
32.Nd FreeBSD ASCII art boot module
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The file that goes by the name of
35.Nm
36is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art FreeBSD mascot
37\(en known simply as
38.Em beastie
39\(en to the right of the boot loader menu.
40The commands of
41.Nm
42by themselves are not enough for most uses.
43Please refer to the
44examples below for the most common situations, and to
45.Xr loader 8
46for additional commands.
47.Pp
48Before using any of the commands provided in
49.Nm ,
50it must be included
51through the command:
52.Pp
53.Dl include beastie.4th
54.Pp
55This line is present in the default
56.Pa /boot/loader.rc
57file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
58.Pp
59The commands provided by it are:
60.Pp
61.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
62.It Ic draw-beastie
63Draws the FreeBSD logo.
64.Pp
65The logo that is drawn is configured by setting the
66.Ic loader_logo
67variable in
68.Xr loader.conf 5
69to one of
70.Dq Li beastie ,
71.Dq Li beastiebw ,
72.Dq Li fbsdbw ,
73.Dq Li orb ,
74and
75.Dq Li orbbw
76(the default).
77.Pp
78The position of the logo can be configured by setting the
79.Ic loader_logo_x
80and
81.Ic loader_logo_y
82variables in
83.Xr loader.conf 5 .
84The default values are 46 (x) and 4 (y).
85.Pp
86.It Ic clear-beastie
87Clears the screen of beastie.
88.Pp
89.It Ic beastie-start
90Initializes the interactive boot loader menu.
91.Pp
92The
93.Ic loader_delay
94variable can be configured in
95.Xr loader.conf 5
96to the number of seconds you would like to delay loading the boot menu.
97During the delay the user can press Ctrl-C to fall back to
98.Ic autoboot
99or ENTER to proceed.
100The default behavior is to not delay.
101.El
102.Pp
103The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
104.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
105.It Va loader_logo
106Selects the desired logo in the beastie boot menu. Possible values are:
107.Dq Li fbsdbw ,
108.Dq Li beastie ,
109.Dq Li beastiebw ,
110.Dq Li orb ,
111.Dq Li orbbw
112(default), and
113.Dq Li none .
114.It Va loader_logo_x
115Sets the desired column position of the logo. Default is 46.
116.It Va loader_logo_y
117Sets the desired row position of the logo. Default is 4.
118.It Va beastie_disable
119If set to
120.Dq YES ,
121the beastie boot menu will be skipped.
122The beastie boot menu is always skipped if running non-x86 hardware.
123.It Va loader_delay
124If set to a number higher than zero, introduces a delay before starting the
125beastie boot menu. During the delay the user can press either Ctrl-C to skip
126the menu or ENTER to proceed to the menu. The default is to not delay when
127loading the menu.
128.El
129.Sh FILES
130.Bl -tag -width /boot/loader.4th -compact
131.It Pa /boot/loader
132The
133.Xr loader 8 .
134.It Pa /boot/beastie.4th
135.Nm
136itself.
137.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
138.Xr loader 8
139bootstrapping script.
140.El
141.Sh EXAMPLES
142Standard i386
143.Pa /boot/loader.rc :
144.Pp
145.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
146include /boot/beastie.4th
147beastie-start
148.Ed
149.Pp
150Set a different logo in
151.Xr loader.conf 5 :
152.Pp
153.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
154loader_logo="beastie"
155.Ed
156.Sh SEE ALSO
157.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
158.Xr loader 8 ,
159.Xr loader.4th 8
160.Sh HISTORY
161The
162.Nm
163set of commands first appeared in
164.Fx 5.1 .
165.Sh AUTHORS
166The
167.Nm
168set of commands was written by
169.An -nosplit
170.An Scott Long Aq scottl@FreeBSD.org ,
171.An Aleksander Fafula Aq alex@fafula.com
172and
173.An Devin Teske Aq dteske@FreeBSD.org .
174