Display UNIX messages during startup

Feb 12, '02 09:04:51AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

If you are the old school type of linux/unix user that enjoys seeing all the bootup messages rather than the graphical bootup screen then this hint is for you.

From the terminal type:

  sudo nvram -p
This command prints out your current arguments for the settings. If you want to see the old school style bootup type this:
  sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
Reboot to see the effects. To change back to the regular bootup screen type the following:
  sudo nvram boot-args=""
(notice that the quotes have nothing in them.)

[Editor's note: Other than testing the "-p" option, I have not tried this tip myself, so I can't verify whether it works or not ... but it makes sense based on the output of the "-p" switch.]

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