From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 18:51:43 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 2692F16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:51:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9175E43D62 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:51:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior-wifi.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3RItxKI018476; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:56:00 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <426FDE69.8090909@samsco.org> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:48:09 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050218 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: /dev/null References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on pooker.samsco.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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 18:51:43 -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: > (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... | > --------------------------------------------------------- > > -Chris Is it possible to do this without having to switch to an entirely raster-based console? Raster consoles (like what SuSE uses) have been discussed in the past, and the common thinking is that the loss in reliability and loss in speed is a significant issue to consider. Scott