Please prepare for the Handbook to document: boot_mute="NO" – and other options that may be relevant to the anticipated March RELEASE of 13.0. Maybe with reference to work in progress <https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/relnotes/#boot-loader> for boot loader changes. Related ======= ⚙ D27420 loader: implement framebuffer console <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27420> <https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/lea3e4/-/gmrrtup/?context=1> boot loader blank screen <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2021-January/078144.html> <https://markmail.org/message/4qah3tyubkmbszox> – whilst much of what followed was off-topic (about git), points such as <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2021-January/078204.html> caught my eye with: > hw.vga.textmode="0" Whether such things will belong anywhere in the Handbook, I don't know (sorry). ---- Side note: I don't know when boot_mute became an option, but it was mentioned in a December 2016 topic that's no longer available online: > [TrueOS Community] [Help and Support] HOWTO deactivate boot splash logo