Re; Graphical Boot...
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Wed Dec 10 21:54:58 UTC 2003
Rob Park wrote:
> Gareth Bult wrote:
>
>> Please can we have something on the graphics output such that when the
>> disk reaches it's maximal mount count and goes off into a disk check -
>> we get some notification ?
>
>
> I noticed the same problem. It freaked me right out, I thought it had
> hung or something, until I switched VTs and saw what was happening.
There is a spot on the boot screen where you can click and get the
good ol' text startup screen displayed. It's up to you which you
prefer.
Me, I'm old school. I like to SEE what's happening. I was very ticked
off when front panel LEDs went the way of the dodo. Yes, I'm an old
PDP/VAX/S370/Altair/IMSAI guy. Hey, I used to bitswitch in my own
boot loaders back in the day!
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