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From"Khimenko Victor" <>
DateThu, 14 May 1998 05:05:37 +0400 (MSD)
SubjectRe: Boot Logo Questions....
13-May-98 15:58 you wrote:
> Some stuff has been mentioned about putting some kind of splash up on the
> screen...  Someone else responded that it wouldn't work well with a mono
> card on a server.  I submit, why not detect the CLASS of card and do the
> boot in different ways depending on it?  If it's mono only, "classic" text
> mode fits the bill.  If we've got a VGA capable, something else.  Etc.
>
> That shouldn't be TOO nasty to do.  Not compared to reformatting the
> messages for the splash screen anyways :)
>
There are only one problem: there are NO WAY to understood type of monitor
attached (Ok there are bunch of ways to do so. They works. Sometimes :-) Not
very often, unfortunatelly :-(( That's why RedHat asks YOU while installing
about monitor type).




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