At 11:09 PM 4/26/2005, /dev/null wrote: >Hello any & all, > O.K. I feel I must preface this with an acknowledgment that I *know* >this is a silly project *because* given the *incredibly* long uptimes >that FreeBSD is known for. >>But<< for those *few* times when FreeBSDers >see a boot screen, shouldn't it look really nice? Shouldn't also be able >to reflect the Administrators tastes and personality? Well, this is the >premise for my attempting this project. But before I start, I want to >submit an RFC. So consider this an Request for comments. This is an >attempt to create a Graphical boot screen that initially has the >following layout: >(a fixed width font required to view the layout correctly) > -------------------------------------------------------- >| some | >| sort | >| of | >| graphic goes in this area | >|-------------------------------------------------------- >| boot | >| | >| messages | >| | >| seen | >| | >| here | >| bla... | >| bla... | >| bla... | >--------------------------------------------------------- Isn't this essentially what splash(4)is for? -Glenn >-Chris > >//////////////////////////////////////////////////// > If only Western Electric had found a way to offer >binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, >the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today >rather than DOS/Windows. >//////////////////////////////////////////////////// >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"Received on Wed Apr 27 2005 - 04:35:51 UTC
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