Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:51:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> To: "Alexander Leidinger" <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cleanup-boot.messages+overhaul-install Message-ID: <4125.216.177.243.38.1114869084.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <20050430143809.168e46e0@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <3121.216.177.243.38.1114856874.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <20050430143809.168e46e0@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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> On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:27:53 -0700 (PDT) > "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> wrote: > >> Greetings All, >> Now that I have your attention. ;) There seems to be some "clean-up" >> work >> that could be done in the boot messaging area. I would like to apply for > > I suggest to add more "spaces" to your postings (e.g. start a new > paragraph where a new context begins). They look like one large blob of > text. This isn't easy to read. Sorry about the big blob. I get to thinking and typing and don't pay enough attention. I'll try to watch that in the future. :) > >> the job. I've made some mention of thoughts I had on it in other >> messages. >> So I'll reiterate them here. I think the ASCII spray could be unified >> somewhat and that an additional "knob" could be added that would >> effectively act as a Volume knob. Technically, it would be a 3 >> position switch/ knob with: OFF/ NORMAL/ LOUD. It could probably >> accommodate additional fine tuning, like subsettings. But initially, the >> 3 shouldn't freak too many ppl out. ;) > > I suggest to start with a cleanup of the actual way of displaying > things. > > When the actual startup shows a consistent behavior, a refactoring into > the possibility to show n ways of status displays can start. > > "Step by step progress"... you know? Wouldn't have handled it any other way. :) Geuss I'll start in /etc/rc.d. Then start plowing through all the ports trolling for the rc scripts that get generated by so many of the ports. -Chris > > Bye, > Alexander. > > -- > I believe the technical term is "Oops!" > > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net > GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 > _______________________________________________ > 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. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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