Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 12:50:54 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> Cc: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@sarnoff.com>, Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>, Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. Message-ID: <1361.843508254@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Sep 1996 11:33:42 PDT." <199609231833.LAA06327@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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> If you have a splash screen, really, you _have_ to put the image in > the kernel executable... After all, how are you supposed to read it > off disk if you haven't done autoconfiguration yet (which displays > those icky messages! :-)? The option to compile it into your kernel would not be a complete waste at all. Again, consider those who are shipping products based on FreeBSD but do not want to announce its presence as such. I can now think of several who would use this feature, were it implemented. Jordan
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