Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 04:48:56 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup (revisited) Message-ID: <20070513184856.GB33322@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20070513024030.GE2364@dan.emsphone.com> References: <464464BB.3090100@freebsd.org> <20070511152646.g6n5r7k2tcw00ow4@webmail.leidinger.net> <464476D3.3090001@freebsd.org> <4645173A.2040008@freebsd.org> <fee88ee40705121214ldd26976yd860e9e067d7cb6a@mail.gmail.com> <20070512205110.U24765@fledge.watson.org> <20070513024030.GE2364@dan.emsphone.com>
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--/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-May-12 21:40:30 -0500, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: >Taken to an extreme, you have Solaris 10, where you get the kernel's >copyright message, smf kicks off all the startup scripts in parallel >(subject to dependency rules) in the background, their output goes into >individual logfiles, and all you see is the login: prompt at the >console :) I haven't played with Solaris 10 but IMHO, Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 take the quiet startup too far: You get a few lines of output then nothing (no obvious signs of activity) for what seems like hours... This can be very disconcerting when things have been changed and you are not confident that it's going to work at all. I far prefer at least some indication that things are proceeding. --=20 Peter Jeremy --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGR12Y/opHv/APuIcRAsEQAJ96uRE3c1RpljLKC2xkML7mk2DcEQCgp941 5zTvO2y5QBrEy1WBDM9RWVQ= =bIhz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4--
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