From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 28 02:31:46 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D04AFC09 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A89BCF6B for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:31:46 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=h0mGeNup+YAQwujDxJT2o1AQIxuUgDV/nJopEW+ftq8=; b=JO2b1sCf0F1vOMXyjPprF5m48OGWn253Iu3zLmKGMFMxaX8FpjbDGyAlavgI9zLxhNNBLvIQkkiYMIPdK05zrkQNgznxGhUFhvKsfbEVhnJBy5nW4VUKeIGUijaAHKwnhivDVNP3p7gv0bXeXM1HjZo4PNFXZAqMrELkB6WLbdY=; Received: from [114.124.29.248] (port=56419 helo=B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1YRXBq-002U6k-PA; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:31:39 -0700 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:31:31 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: opendaddy@hushmail.com Subject: Re: Why all the fancy ASCII art in the boot loader? Message-ID: <20150228103131.0c19c476@B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20150227015057.4E2F3C0431@smtp.hushmail.com> References: <20150222164422.D89FCA0168@smtp.hushmail.com> <20150222175145.6b2cb583.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150227015057.4E2F3C0431@smtp.hushmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:31:46 -0000 Hi, On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:50:57 +0000 opendaddy@hushmail.com wrote: > On 22. februar 2015 at 4:43 PM, "Polytropon" wrote: > > > >On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:44:22 +0000, opendaddy@hushmail.com wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> Why all the fancy ASCII art in the boot loader? Every time I boot > >> I'm distracted by it. Feels like I'm reading an 80s e-zine. > > > >It's easy to switch those off, and even the delay (mostly > >unneccessary). Add those to /boot/loader.conf: > > > > autoboot_delay="1" > > beastie_disable="YES" > > > >You still have the option to interrupt booting at this > >early stage. > > > > > > > >> Can't we be more like OpenBSD and keep things simple? > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle > > > >FreeBSD's configuration mechanism for the boot loader > >easily allows that. :-) > > > > That is all good, however, why does this stuff have to be there in > the first place? Just seems a bit unprofessional that's all. > yeah, the killer argument ... Erich