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Date:      Sun, 16 Feb 1997 19:41:38 +0100
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot messages (Was: Sun Workshop compiler vs. GCC?)
Message-ID:  <Mutt.19970216194138.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970216171612.00c30100@dimaga.com>; from Eivind Eklund on Feb 16, 1997 17:16:13 %2B0100
References:  <3.0.32.19970216171612.00c30100@dimaga.com>

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As Eivind Eklund wrote:

> How difficult early is it possible to switch to another vty?  If this is
> possible to do real early, we can have a splash screen on the second vty,
> and "knowledgable people" will know they can switch back with ALT-F1.

Doing something on another VTY would require a working kernel memory
allocator.  Switching itself would require working interrupts.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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