From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 20 01:51:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA18643 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 01:51:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ravenock.cybercity.dk (disn35.cybercity.dk [194.16.57.35]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA18624 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 01:51:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sos@localhost) by ravenock.cybercity.dk (8.7.6/8.7.3) id KAA02342; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 10:52:09 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199610200852.KAA02342@ravenock.cybercity.dk> Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 10:52:09 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Soren Schmidt" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Daniel O'Callaghan" at Oct 20, 96 11:03:15 am From: sos@FreeBSD.org Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Daniel O'Callaghan who wrote: > On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Mark Mayo wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Dan Busarow wrote: > > > On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Peter da Silva wrote: > > > > If FreeBSD started putting up a splash page on boot I'd rip that code > > > But the nice thing about the way Unixware does this is how easy it is > > > to disable. Just rm or mv the logo file in /stand. > > > One vote for load a splash image if you find it in /stand otherwise > > I like this idea as well. Simple and easy, for all levels of expertise.. > > 2 votes! > Me too! Three! OK, I get the drift :) I'll look into doing it that way. It might be problematic to get at the filesystem sy early in the game though... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end ..