Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 23:47:21 -0400 From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: <sos@freebsd.org>, Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. Message-ID: <XFMail.960921234721.durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <20253.843351602@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sat Sep 21 21:20:02 1996 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >>> Do we have any graphic designers here that could draw a nice >> FreeBSD "graphics for the dummies" entry pic ?? in say >> 320x200x256 or 640x480x16, then I'll do the code that makes >> it appear :) > >Just make it optional, that's all I ask. ;-) > > Jordan Amen... can you imagine what would happen if the system didn't boot? No boot...no reading var/log/messages to see what happened.. IMHO setting up the root window in X to some neat FreeBSD graphic would be just fine to impress the masses. Is it really a viable objection that probe messages are construed as flakey operation? I always thought the probe messages were the sign of "gee..this is a real operating system". regards,
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