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In article <1992Oct8.050332.16821@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>  
ray@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Ray Lauff) writes:
=>Does anyone know what the command 
=>
=>fbshow -a -b -e -i "Starting*Local*Services..."
=>
=>does in the default /etc/rc.local file??  There isn't a man
=>page for it, it wasn't in the NeXTStep 2.1 /etc/rc.local file,
=>and it's the little things like this that can drive a 
=>system administrator batty.
=>

This displays the niftly little panel during a non-verbose boot.  fbshow -a -b  
-e -i invokes a specialized rom monitor routine that provides the "graphical"  
boot up (little pictures of spinning disks, ethernet cable, Optical, etc).   
The "Starting*Local*Services...." tells the routine to add that text to the  
panel.  I believe that the * is like a lf/cr...


=>Thanks in advance for any info.
=>
=>Ray
=>ray@astro.temple.edu

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