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Date:      Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:09:53 -0500
From:      Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com>
To:        /dev/null <null@dnswatch.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot banner project
Message-ID:  <426F8F21.1010100@gamersimpact.com>
In-Reply-To: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com>
References:  <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com>

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/dev/null wrote:
> 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:

If you want to pursue this project, more power to you! Personally, I 
always liked the non graphics/colors boot process. It's especially nice 
when you are running headless servers and monitor the boot process and 
console messages via serial links.

Something you should take a look at though is the KGI for BSD projects.

http://wiki.daemon.li/moin.cgi/KGI

-- 
Ryan Sommers
ryans@gamersimpact.com



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