From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 14:44:26 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 30EBD16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:44:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (fast.dnswatch.com [216.177.243.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E53943D3F for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:44:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (localhost.dnswatch.com [127.0.0.1]) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j3REiNsm065549; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:44:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id j3REiMAW065548; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:44:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fast.dnswatch.com: www set sender to null@dnswatch.com using -f Received: from demon.dnswatch.com ([216.177.243.42]) (DNSwatch.com_WebMail authenticated user null) by webmail.dnswatch.com with HTTP; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:44:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51866.216.177.243.42.1114613062.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <426F8F21.1010100@gamersimpact.com> References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <426F8F21.1010100@gamersimpact.com> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:44:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Ryan Sommers" User-Agent: DNSwatch.com_WebMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal 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 14:44:26 -0000 > /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: > > If you want to pursue this project, more power to you! Personally, I > always liked the non graphics/colors boot process. It's especially nice > when you are running headless servers and monitor the boot process and > console messages via serial links. With 30+ servers, I do alot of that as well. But it has always bothered me for some reason that Linux has always had their flashy boot screens. While FBSD has not. It was sort of like Linux thumbing it's nose at me. So, I felt like I'd like to start contributing to FBSD and this seemed like an easy place to start. Later, something more advanced (and useful). Thanks for the link! It should prove very useful. Best wishes, Chris > > Something you should take a look at though is the KGI for BSD projects. > > http://wiki.daemon.li/moin.cgi/KGI > > -- > Ryan Sommers > ryans@gamersimpact.com > _______________________________________________ > 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" > //////////////////////////////////////////////////// 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. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////