From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 07:26:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BC2A16A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:26:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F032243D31 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:26:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from [207.41.94.233] (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i587PXbI024140; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:25:34 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:26:24 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <1086678211.1640.13.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> In-Reply-To: <1086678211.1640.13.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406080026.24396.kstewart@owt.com> cc: Bruce Hunter Subject: Re: Boot GUI / Boot data and process / Fragmentation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:26:30 -0000 On Tuesday 08 June 2004 12:03 am, Bruce Hunter wrote: > This is off topic, I was wondering if there is a pretty little gui > that will run when booting. Kinda like windows, lindows, and even > Redhat Fedora has one; which can be switched back and forth. > Basically, so I don't have to see the text scrolling down and just > see a loader with %. Maybe in the ports collection? If not I might > have write one. :oP Windows only hides the boot. Press the key and it kills the splash screen. Why does it matter. I start a boot and go get a cup of coffee, it is always finished when I get back. It is only a problem if you make it into one :). > > Oh, and thanks for your comments/answers. One last question thought? > How do I get rid of that fragmentation crap? Just for shits and > giggles.. ;o) > There isn't one. Unix fixes fragmented files without your help. The only thing you need to know is "fsck -y" from single user mode to fix a bad shutdown. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html