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25.Dd July 20, 2018
26.Dt BEASTIE.4TH 7
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm beastie.4th
30.Nd loader 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 FreeBSD mascot
35\(en known simply as
36.Em beastie
37\(en to the right of the boot loader menu.
38In illumos based systems, the distribution specific logo is used.
39The commands of
40.Nm
41by themselves are not enough for most uses.
42Please refer to the
43examples below for the most common situations, and to
44.Xr loader 7
45for additional commands.
46.Pp
47Before using any of the commands provided in
48.Nm ,
49it must be included
50through the command:
51.Pp
52.Dl include beastie.4th
53.Pp
54This line is present in the default
55.Pa /boot/loader.rc
56file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
57.Pp
58The commands provided by it are:
59.Pp
60.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
61.It Ic draw-beastie
62Draws the logo.
63.Pp
64The logo that is drawn is configured by setting the
65.Ic loader_logo
66variable in
67.Xr loader.conf 5 .
68.Pp
69The position of the logo can be configured by setting the
70.Ic loader_logo_x
71and
72.Ic loader_logo_y
73variables in
74.Xr loader.conf 5 .
75The default values are 46 (x) and 4 (y).
76.Pp
77.It Ic clear-beastie
78Clears the screen of beastie.
79.Pp
80.It Ic beastie-start
81Initializes the interactive boot loader menu.
82.Pp
83The
84.Ic loader_delay
85variable can be configured in
86.Xr loader.conf 5
87to the number of seconds you would like to delay loading the boot menu.
88During the delay the user can press Ctrl-C to fall back to
89.Ic autoboot
90or ENTER to proceed.
91The default behavior is to not delay.
92.El
93.Pp
94The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
95.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
96.It Va loader_logo
97Selects the desired logo in the beastie boot menu.
98.It Va loader_logo_x
99Sets the desired column position of the logo.
100Default is 46.
101.It Va loader_logo_y
102Sets the desired row position of the logo.
103Default is 4.
104.It Va beastie_disable
105If set to
106.Dq YES ,
107the beastie boot menu will be skipped.
108The beastie boot menu is always skipped if running non-x86 hardware.
109.It Va loader_delay
110If set to a number higher than zero, introduces a delay before starting the
111beastie boot menu.
112During the delay the user can press either Ctrl-C to skip the menu or ENTER to
113proceed to the menu.
114The default is to not delay when loading the menu.
115.El
116.Sh FILES
117.Bl -tag -width /boot/forth/loader.4th -compact
118.It Pa /boot/loader
119The
120.Xr loader 7 .
121.It Pa /boot/forth/beastie.4th
122.Nm
123itself.
124.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
125.Xr loader 7
126bootstrapping script.
127.El
128.Sh EXAMPLES
129Standard i386
130.Pa /boot/loader.rc :
131.Pp
132.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
133include /boot/forth/beastie.4th
134beastie-start
135.Ed
136.Pp
137Set a different logo in
138.Xr loader.conf 5 :
139.Pp
140.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
141loader_logo="beastie"
142.Ed
143.Sh SEE ALSO
144.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
145.Xr loader 7 ,
146.Xr loader.4th 7
147