Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:29:06 -0500 From: "Ryan da Silva" <rdasilva@Greenfield.com> To: <modulok@gmail.com>, <frank@shute.org.uk>, <cpghost@cordula.ws>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestion Message-ID: <FA09A072ACE8AF49A6CE290F00483126014D697C@CANMSGB.corp.greenfieldnet.com>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7651.59"> <TITLE>Re: Suggestion</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/plain format --> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks everyone. The serial console is a good point.<BR> <BR> Ryan<BR> <BR> <BR> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld<BR> <BR> ----- Original Message -----<BR> From: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com><BR> To: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>; cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>; Ryan da Silva; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org><BR> Sent: Sun Jan 04 19:21:58 2009<BR> Subject: Re: Suggestion<BR> <BR> > > "FreeBSD" is displayed in large font with, ASCII characters, reminds me<BR> > > of the 1990`s with BBS`s. Don`t get me wrong, I loved the days of the<BR> > > BBS. But it`s 2009 and FreeBSD is a solid, professional,<BR> > > enterprise-grade operating system and the silly ASCII logo is the only<BR> > > thing that says amateur about the product.<BR> <BR> Gratuitous misuse of iconic representations, logos and other pointless<BR> flair is one of the reasons I moved to beastie. The thing that makes<BR> me think of it as a 'professional enterprise-grade operating system'<BR> is that I can deploy it and not have to worry about it. The<BR> documentation is also excellent. It is these things that make it good,<BR> not loading screens, glossy icons, buttons and logos. Besides, I like<BR> the little ASCII logo. Ironic for a visual effects artist though :)~<BR> <BR> To each his own.<BR> -Modulok-<BR> <BR> On 1/4/09, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote:<BR> > On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 04:02:53PM +0100, cpghost wrote:<BR> >><BR> >> On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 01:26:03AM -0500, Ryan da Silva wrote:<BR> >> > Someone needs to change the FreeBSD boot menu. The way the word/logo<BR> >> > "FreeBSD" is displayed in large font with, ASCII characters, reminds me<BR> >> > of the 1990`s with BBS`s. Don`t get me wrong, I loved the days of the<BR> >> > BBS. But it`s 2009 and FreeBSD is a solid, professional,<BR> >> > enterprise-grade operating system and the silly ASCII logo is the only<BR> >> > thing that says amateur about the product. I would try to make the<BR> >> > change myself for myself, but i am not a programmer.<BR> >><BR> >> You can change the logo yourself, e.g. to Beastie.<BR> >> Just add this line to /boot/loader.conf:<BR> >><BR> >> loader_logo="beastie"<BR> ><BR> > and:<BR> ><BR> > loader_color="YES"<BR> ><BR> > to get beastie in all his colourful glory ;)<BR> ><BR> >><BR> >> If you want to change the logo or add a new one,<BR> >> have a look at /boot/beastie.4th. That's where<BR> >> the graphics are. This is Forth, so the code may<BR> >> seem a little bit opaque at first.<BR> >><BR> >> > I love this product and would like to suggest changing that<BR> >> > screen. To what? I don't know. Maybe instead of the large logo<BR> >> > simply put "FreeBSD version XXX, copy right" etc. Or heck, maybe a<BR> >> > color bootscreen like GRUB has in Linux (from what i've seen in<BR> >> > Centos/Trixbox).<BR> >><BR> >> The beastie logo is in ANSI-color (there's a bw version of it<BR> >> too). You can create your own ANSI-color representation of your<BR> >> customized logo too.<BR> >><BR> >> A fully graphical boot logo (e.g. by switching to VESA) won't be so<BR> >> good, because there are many users out there who boot FreeBSD on<BR> >> headless devices (like Soekris), which don't have the appropriate<BR> >> circuitry and have to fall back to the serial console. That's why<BR> >> the current boot screen is very good: it's lightweight, portable,<BR> >> and to a certain extent customizable.<BR> ><BR> > Oliver Fromme was working on a graphical bootloader:<BR> ><BR> > <A HREF="http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoader">http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoader</A><BR>; ><BR> > The page was last updated in July by the looks of it.<BR> ><BR> > <snip><BR> >><BR> >> Regards,<BR> >> -cpghost.<BR> ><BR> > Regards,<BR> ><BR> > --<BR> ><BR> > Frank<BR> ><BR> ><BR> > Contact info: <A HREF="http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html">http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html</A><BR>; ><BR> > _______________________________________________<BR> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list<BR> > <A HREF="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions">http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions</A><BR>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"<BR> ><BR> <BR> ______________________________________________________________________<BR> This e-mail has been scanned by Spam Manager Email Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs.<BR> ______________________________________________________________________<BR> </FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
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