From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 11 08:06:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA06010 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:06:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.io.org (post.io.org [198.133.36.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA06004; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:06:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zap.io.org (taob@zap.io.org [198.133.36.81]) by post.io.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA03386; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:05:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:06:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Don't hit.. In-Reply-To: <199606110858.BAA15193@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Here's a really warped and twisted idea I just got.. Next you'll want a graphical login screen while FreeBSD boots!!! :) > You know how most commercial software installers take advantage of the > "dead time" during system installation to give the user lots of handy > tips on the kinds of things they might encounter or how to send off a > warranty registration card, etc and so forth? A clean install of bin+compat21+des+doc+manpages takes about 2 minutes over 10Mbps Ethernet to a local FTP mirror. Less than 6 minutes from "insert boot floppy" to "see login: prompt after rebooting from sysinstall". We're just too damn fast. :) The banners would only be readable if installing off a slow CD-ROM, off floppy or over a PPP connection. How about putting another option in to display banners (defaulting to on)? -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org, taob@ican.net) Systems and Network Administrator, Internet Canada Corp. "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"