/dev/null
2005-04-27 06:09:15 UTC
Hello any & all,
O.K. I feel I must preface this with an acknowledgment that I *know*
this is a silly project *because* given the *incredibly* long uptimes
that FreeBSD is known for. >>But<< for those *few* times when FreeBSDers
see a boot screen, shouldn't it look really nice? Shouldn't also be able
to reflect the Administrators tastes and personality? Well, this is the
premise for my attempting this project. But before I start, I want to
submit an RFC. So consider this an Request for comments. This is an
attempt to create a Graphical boot screen that initially has the
following layout:
(a fixed width font required to view the layout correctly)
--------------------------------------------------------
| some |
| sort |
| of |
| graphic goes in this area |
|--------------------------------------------------------
| boot |
| |
| messages |
| |
| seen |
| |
| here |
| bla... |
| bla... |
| bla... |
---------------------------------------------------------
-Chris
////////////////////////////////////////////////////
If only Western Electric had found a way to offer
binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974,
the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today
rather than DOS/Windows.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////
O.K. I feel I must preface this with an acknowledgment that I *know*
this is a silly project *because* given the *incredibly* long uptimes
that FreeBSD is known for. >>But<< for those *few* times when FreeBSDers
see a boot screen, shouldn't it look really nice? Shouldn't also be able
to reflect the Administrators tastes and personality? Well, this is the
premise for my attempting this project. But before I start, I want to
submit an RFC. So consider this an Request for comments. This is an
attempt to create a Graphical boot screen that initially has the
following layout:
(a fixed width font required to view the layout correctly)
--------------------------------------------------------
| some |
| sort |
| of |
| graphic goes in this area |
|--------------------------------------------------------
| boot |
| |
| messages |
| |
| seen |
| |
| here |
| bla... |
| bla... |
| bla... |
---------------------------------------------------------
-Chris
////////////////////////////////////////////////////
If only Western Electric had found a way to offer
binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974,
the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today
rather than DOS/Windows.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////