From: Aaron LI <aly@aaronly.me>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 06:08:57 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: initrd: Make etc/motd more informative
X-Git-Tag: v5.5.0~527
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commitdiff_plain/fa8f1016ba7a7a1aca1f77c6fa6b838fabdb774e

initrd: Make etc/motd more informative

Provide more information about the rescue shell environment, such as how to
mount the real root partition and continue, the mined editor, and more on
network connections.
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diff --git a/share/initrd/etc/motd b/share/initrd/etc/motd
index bb9c9eb11b..0c61863413 100644
--- a/share/initrd/etc/motd
+++ b/share/initrd/etc/motd
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
-use ifconfig to list available interfaces
 
- wifi example - dowpa ath0 ssid password
- ethernet     - dhclient em0
+*** RESCUE SHELL ***
+
+Fix problems and mount the real root partition at `/new_root', then exit
+this shell to continue the normal boot.
+
+* Text editor:
+  # mined  (F1: help, Ctrl-W: write file, Ctrl-X: exit)
+* List available interfaces:
+  # ifconfig
+* Wired connection and DHCP:
+  # dhclient <ifname>
+* Connect to WiFi:
+  # dowpa <ifname> <ssid> <password>
+  (Onced connected, use `dhclient' to do DHCP)