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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd May 18, 2011
28.Dt BRAND.4TH 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm brand.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 BSD brand above the boot
37loader menu.
38The commands of
39.Nm
40by themselves are not enough for most uses.
41Please refer to the
42examples below for the most common situations, and to
43.Xr loader 8
44for additional commands.
45.Pp
46Before using any of the commands provided in
47.Nm ,
48it must be included
49through the command:
50.Pp
51.Dl include brand.4th
52.Pp
53This line is present in the default
54.Pa /boot/menu.rc
55file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
56.Pp
57The commands provided by it are:
58.Pp
59.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
60.It Ic draw-brand
61Draws the BSD brand.
62.Pp
63The brand that is drawn is configured by setting the
64.Ic loader_brand
65variable in
66.Xr loader.conf 5
67to one of
68.Dq Li fbsd
69(the default) or
70.Dq Li none .
71.Pp
72The position of the logo can be configured by setting the
73.Ic loader_brand_x
74and
75.Ic loader_brand_y
76variables in
77.Xr loader.conf 5 .
78The default values are 2 (x) and 1 (y).
79.El
80.Pp
81The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
82.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
83.It Va loader_brand
84Selects the desired brand in the beastie boot menu.
85Possible values are:
86.Dq Li fbsd
87(default) or
88.Dq Li none .
89.It Va loader_brand_x
90Sets the desired column position of the brand.
91Default is 2.
92.It Va loader_brand_y
93Sets the desired row position of the brand.
94Default is 1.
95.El
96.Sh FILES
97.Bl -tag -width /boot/loader.4th -compact
98.It Pa /boot/loader
99The
100.Xr loader 8 .
101.It Pa /boot/brand.4th
102.Nm
103itself.
104.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
105.Xr loader 8
106bootstrapping script.
107.El
108.Sh EXAMPLES
109Set FreeBSD brand in
110.Xr loader.conf 5 :
111.Pp
112.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
113loader_brand="fbsd"
114.Ed
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
117.Xr loader 8
118.Sh HISTORY
119The
120.Nm
121set of commands first appeared in
122.Fx 9.0 .
123.Sh AUTHORS
124The
125.Nm
126set of commands was written by
127.An -nosplit
128.An Devin Teske Aq dteske@FreeBSD.org .
129