Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:36:07 -0500 From: Stephen R Guglielmo <srguglielmo@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why all the fancy ASCII art in the boot loader? Message-ID: <20150226213607.49d8ef4b@lapsdeb> In-Reply-To: <20150227015057.4E2F3C0431@smtp.hushmail.com> References: <20150222164422.D89FCA0168@smtp.hushmail.com> <20150222175145.6b2cb583.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150227015057.4E2F3C0431@smtp.hushmail.com>
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--Sig_/XJcxCwCs.eNAgiOJRjf4Ylt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:50:57 +0000 opendaddy@hushmail.com wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On 22. februar 2015 at 4:43 PM, "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > >On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:44:22 +0000, opendaddy@hushmail.com wrote: > >> Hello! > >>=20 > >> Why all the fancy ASCII art in the boot loader? Every time I boot > >> I'm distracted by it. Feels like I'm reading an 80s e-zine. > >>=20 > >> Can't we be more like OpenBSD and keep things simple? > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle > > > >FreeBSD's configuration mechanism for the boot loader > >easily allows that. :-) > > >=20 > That is all good, however, why does this stuff have to be there in > the first place? Just seems a bit unprofessional that's all. >=20 I rather enjoy the ASCII art. Look at the grub bootloader on linux. I think the FreeBSD bootloader is exactly as simple as it needs to be. Obviously you need to provide for options such as custom booting, alternate kernels, ACPI, and whatnot. I would say more about this topic, but it doesn't matter what color the bikeshed is. --Sig_/XJcxCwCs.eNAgiOJRjf4Ylt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU79ghAAoJEA8nk/BQet6LhcgQAK3C6l20EJ/C3UAhU2+I3udD L0HbTqH6si23HlEn3kDxQrGGl28p7Wcfd9VstN/kVUnhSvEV/pyVcBF5LxKodbpS 42v9fivQhY6VOMIGCFdqn6bDKjA6fyvyIAS7i/NRhhKKFTJQWJWkPjzXcpK0WrqE oZ2eC+FXYWB5WwAc2VzKZmk/bG8owDwwtLD6dy2DfXDH1rtkgXX9xVWBeSrvkAjJ Gs2FTadZEi6JBbQoQiRfx6T2vh/hBemIZ97DC9CPFCH7XF1Xim1gW7oK+2PoUuck ZgFrJk6gzanOm6L0GXNl/CG7Ad3iDT6Fo2WIo07O7mivm2rTIcCefBJBlcq/vxBa VwguCA4HVvkoSde1pnGabodIWIdYtozY9ePZAfIpyk6R8QncMa4AFgAqPO5Lj5I6 L3lVX1GS3/31SeA4OFYu+oh7feByO3rtFCWj6Hte5vZ6vA99Dl2jXidcj0N54+su zo9Q+5iz0J3QJDUdUhEP/GqW7VzY57azuTyb1GrxJxkyn1L4zokueeRfl7wiQ8yu VjopXlTmHu4yEohr5uZzbIWY8NrRLAAlETe0ZBJ7OfuGDhmWwYRAw6Pue7PzJtU8 Oq3hQ6Xu5WWFJ8LyE/JLdurQMgSKqghqYgTU7mFAUeSOmpkpcXLwpnAqfWE6ATUh iX1D5IaRKnICnzcuc1vb =+tq8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/XJcxCwCs.eNAgiOJRjf4Ylt--
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