From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 06:35:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E0A16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:35:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cobalt.antimatter.net (cobalt.antimatter.net [69.55.224.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBE343D4C for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:35:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from glenn-mobile.antimatter.net (cpe-66-27-94-59.san.res.rr.com [66.27.94.59]) (authenticated bits=0)j3R6ZhmG011861 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:35:44 -0700 Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.2.20050426233321.084e9210@cobalt.antimatter.net> X-Sender: lists@cobalt.antimatter.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:35:14 -0700 To: "/dev/null" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Glenn Dawson In-Reply-To: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch .com> References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:02:52 +0000 Subject: Re: boot banner project X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:35:51 -0000 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@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"