If you’ve used FreeBSD in the past you’re likely familiar with the mascot, Beastie. In the past Beastie was part of the boot menu, but recently he was replaced with a simple FREEBSD text image. To put Beastie back in the menu you can add the following to your /boot/loader.conf:
loader_logo=”beastiebw”
Source: http://blog.zelut.org (21/10/2008)
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Even a colored one, if you would like! Just add [loader_logo="beastie"] to /boot/loader.conf
There are other options too, /boot/defaults/loader.conf (man loader.conf) lists:
#loader_logo=”fbsdbw” # Desired logo: fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none
beastiebw is the black/white one.
Source:
http://markmail.org/message/mf5lfqbjqmzp6cvr#query:+page:1+mid:mf5lfqbjqmzp6cvr+state:results
I’d ALSO like to mention this site(old but still applicable), its quite amusing :)
Many FreeBSD splash screens & info:
http://www.baldwin.cx/splash/