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25.Dd May 18, 2011
26.Dt BRAND.4TH 8
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm brand.4th
30.Nd FreeBSD ASCII art boot module
31.Sh DESCRIPTION
32The file that goes by the name of
33.Nm
34is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art BSD brand above the boot
35loader menu.
36The commands of
37.Nm
38by themselves are not enough for most uses.
39Please refer to the
40examples below for the most common situations, and to
41.Xr loader 8
42for additional commands.
43.Pp
44Before using any of the commands provided in
45.Nm ,
46it must be included
47through the command:
48.Pp
49.Dl include brand.4th
50.Pp
51This line is present in the default
52.Pa /boot/menu.rc
53file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
54.Pp
55The commands provided by it are:
56.Pp
57.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
58.It Ic draw-brand
59Draws the BSD brand.
60.Pp
61The brand that is drawn is configured by setting the
62.Ic loader_brand
63variable in
64.Xr loader.conf 5
65to one of
66.Dq Li fbsd
67(the default) or
68.Dq Li none .
69.Pp
70The position of the logo can be configured by setting the
71.Ic loader_brand_x
72and
73.Ic loader_brand_y
74variables in
75.Xr loader.conf 5 .
76The default values are 2 (x) and 1 (y).
77.El
78.Pp
79The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
80.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
81.It Va loader_brand
82Selects the desired brand in the beastie boot menu.
83Possible values are:
84.Dq Li fbsd
85(default) or
86.Dq Li none .
87.It Va loader_brand_x
88Sets the desired column position of the brand.
89Default is 2.
90.It Va loader_brand_y
91Sets the desired row position of the brand.
92Default is 1.
93.El
94.Sh FILES
95.Bl -tag -width /boot/loader.4th -compact
96.It Pa /boot/loader
97The
98.Xr loader 8 .
99.It Pa /boot/brand.4th
100.Nm
101itself.
102.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
103.Xr loader 8
104bootstrapping script.
105.El
106.Sh EXAMPLES
107Set FreeBSD brand in
108.Xr loader.conf 5 :
109.Pp
110.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
111loader_brand="fbsd"
112.Ed
113.Sh SEE ALSO
114.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
115.Xr loader 8
116.Sh HISTORY
117The
118.Nm
119set of commands first appeared in
120.Fx 9.0 .
121.Sh AUTHORS
122The
123.Nm
124set of commands was written by
125.An -nosplit
126.An Devin Teske Aq dteske@FreeBSD.org .
127