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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: earlier "holographic shell" in 2.2-ALPHA install procedure
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1996-11-16 6:53:05
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> 
> I would like the ability to launch the "emergency
> holographic shell" earlier in the install process,
> say from a menu entry somewhere.  Mainly I would
> like to be able to launch it before "ifconfig"
> is called in network installs.
> 

This one annoyed me also. Infact, when first installing FreeBSD,
I had to force various errors, just to get to it. It would be nice
if one could launch it at any time.


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 sometimes sleep,  his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who  
 torment us for own good  will torment us  without end,  for they do so with 
 the approval of their own conscience."    -   C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ 
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