From: mike 

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:57:12 -0400, "Frank Haber"
 wrote:

>To make the Verbose startup pref stick, I think I used
"Cocktail," a great app
>that I didn't register, since I didn't think I'd need much of its $15
>functionality.  There must be a way to hack an .ini, but the Jekyll-Hyde
>quality of OSX at boot time (half BSD, half Apple) scares me.


http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/h/348

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...Verbose Booting

Verbose booting shows you the actual process of Mac OS X's startup. You'll
see drivers get loaded and services launch. This command should work on any
recent (New World) Macintosh: sudo /usr/sbin/nvram
boot-args="-v". The -v flag tells the system to boot verbosely.
You can get the same result by holding Command + V at boot time, but that
will only work the one time. Modifying the boot-args will cause Mac OS X to
always boot verbosely from now on....
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Read the original article for proper formatting and other tips...

  /m

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