Re: Launching a CURSES based application on bootup and before getty launches

From: Scott Ullrich <sullrich_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 22:25:02 -0400
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Scott Ullrich <sullrich_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello CURRENT,
>
> I am trying to launch a CURSES based program (BSDInstaller FrontEND
> http://cvs.bsdinstaller.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/installer/src/frontends/ncurses/)
> prior to full system bootup.
>
> After launching the curses based program everything on the console
> seems to block.   If I press CTRL-D then I see the curses based screen
> appear but the console is still blocked (does not accept keyboard
> input).
>
> Anyone have any pointers or suggestions?  The ISO is available here if
> someone wants to give it a spin:
> http://cvs.pfsense.com/~sullrich/pfSense.iso
>
> The idea is being able to launch a recovery console (BSDInstaller
> option) to rescue config.xml from a failed hard disk and allow the
> system to use the newer config.xml on bootup in a LiveCD environment.
>
> Appreciate any help, comments, questions, etc.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Scott
>

Well it seems emailing this list brings good luck!   Just resolved the
issue and happy to say it was not FreeBSD's fault. Sorry for the
noise.

Scott
Received on Sun May 17 2009 - 00:25:25 UTC

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