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Subject: Re: What I'd *really like* for 2.0.5 
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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 22:16:42 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Oh, one thing while I'm here: I was mistaken when I said you only
> have to edit the defaultdomain setting in /etc/sysconfig to activate
> NIS. You also need to change the nis_clientflags from "NO" to something
> other than "NO". I recommend "-s" to run ypbind in secure mode.

I will do this, thanks.

> - The printf()s from the slicing code irritate the hell out of me:

You're not alone.. :-)  These should be going away soon.

> - The SCSI disk probe messages also irritate the hell out of me:

All the probe messages irritate the hell out of me.  The style is
inconsistent in many places and I still maintain that I do *NOT* want
to know about all the things it didn't find, I want to know about only
the things it did since the "fnob0: not found" messages just obscure
the messages I'm really looking for (or cause them to scroll off the
screen).  Unfortunately, I seem to be in the minority here as a number
of other folks say that they like all that "extra diagnostic information."

I say fiddlesticks, and it's time to make the -v flag earn its keep.
FreeBSD should either shut up entirely or spew loads of stuff at you
if you boot with -v.

Anyone of a mind to go on a little boot message reform rampage?

					Jordan