Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 23:29:50 +0200 (MET DST) From: sos@FreeBSD.org To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, rminnich@sarnoff.com, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, brandon@glacier.cold.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. Message-ID: <199609232129.XAA00923@SandBox.CyberCity.dk> In-Reply-To: <1361.843508254@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 23, 96 12:50:54 pm
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In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who wrote:
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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.
Exactly :), I'll put the hooks in next time I'm around in syscons...
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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