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Date:      Thu, 6 Jul 2000 20:24:52 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl>
To:        "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>
Cc:        "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: /etc/rc.shutdown calls local scripts now
Message-ID:  <20000706202452.B285@freebie.wbnet>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061251330.77521-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>; from bandix@looksharp.net on Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 12:53:09PM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061231390.58846-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061251330.77521-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>

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On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 12:53:09PM -0400, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:
> 
> >Many Linux distributions do this too.  It seems about as useful as a car's
> >idiot light(s)...  IMO, I would prefer to see useful information during
> >boot than that eye-candy.
> 
> I'd prefer to buy a box of blinkenlights to put in a spare 5.25" bay and
> let the dmesg on boot reflect only what I need to know as an admin when
> the box comes up.

We had that once. It's called a PDP/11

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Wilko Bulte  	 	http://www.freebsd.org  "Do, or do not. There is no try"
wilko@freebsd.org	http://www.nlfug.nl	Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back


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