Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:10:04 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@apollo.hq.nasa.gov> To: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: machine reboot & kernel maxusers option Message-ID: <199511261610.QAA11025@wirehead.hq.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Nov 1995 19:14:40 CST."
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On Sat, 25 Nov 1995 19:14:40 -0600, peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) said:
J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
>> I really don't like the two dozen ``foo: not found at address ...''
>> messages for the installation kernel.
Peter> I like it. A lot. I hate systems that don't tell me what the
Peter> hell they're doing on boot-up (see also, Windows NT, SCO,
Peter> Unixware). How about at least an "options BOOTVERBOSE" for us
Peter> belt-and-suspenders types?
Agreed. I used to hate computers with lots of blinking lights. Until I
had to work with one whose only diagnostics were the lights -- until
the console came up, which many times it didn't :-(
A BOOTVERBOSE would be fine by me, as long as it's not the
default. For someone bringing up a machine the first time (or a new
kernel) it is crucial to see this. How 'bout a kernel var or some such
like BOOTQUIET?
Or put the boot messages on an aux console (ALT-F4?) and point at 'em
from the now-quiet main boot console window?
In either case, I'd really like to have the addition of backward
scrolling added to those boot messages: many time's I've been
rebuilding the kernel, or reconfiging jumpers on cards and they are
the first things probed and fly off the screen. Doh! Can you use the
scroll-lock page-up/down feature here?
Thanks.
PS: think about new users trying to bring up FreeBSD on unknown
HW. How many are going to know to check `dmesg' and /var/log/messages?
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