VDQ : rhgb, plymouth -- and mkinitrd

[Beartooth]

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:54:28 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
>> Having read the referenced page, it still leaves me cold.  Years of
>> experience of booting and wildly pressing a hot key trying to hit it at
>> just the right moment makes me hate hidden menus.
> 
> I thought they said one just holds down any key and keep it pressed as
> the system boots.

        Yes, I'm pretty sure they did; but Apple machines used to do
that, and it was no better -- you still had to catch the right moment to
start holding, if not also when to let go. It was one of the reasons I
got rid of my Apple machine, years ago: trying to install anything new
was more trouble than the machine was worth.

        I hope the Fedora developers find some less ticklish alternative.
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Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.