Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 13 Jun 1996 18:23:49 +0100 (BST) | From | Darren J Moffat <> | Subject | Re: Boot messages (Was: Re: Ideas for v2.1) |
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On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Jeffery S. Coy Jr. wrote:
> i've installed linux for several non-technical people. i just tell them > that the information scrolling by is the system configuing itself, and > that unless there is a warning or alert (each of which are unlikely), then > they can safely ignore the messages, and thier meanings will become clear > over time.
What about how DOS systems Boot, my dos bootup is 100% more verbose than my Linux setup and the information is of much less value.
I do however favour the option for a quieter boot. Thinking of the Transition from SunOS 4.1.3 to Solaris 2.5 I made a work recently the quiter boot of Solaris 2.5 was worrying at first but nice to have as an option.
As for all these alternative message displays, I think the best way to do this is to have a quite boot option and use your init scripts to display what the local admin (or distribution developer) thinks is a good idea to display.
If nothing else the Linux version 2..... message should be the first thing that appears after the lilo prompt, okay maybe after the uncompressing messages on x86 but definitely before an messages about Console modes or networking or anything else.
If people are very concerned about copyright messages then maybe an option to printk that allows printing of the message in quite mode might be viable for them.
I think that this should be a boot parameter (set via lilo,loadling,milo whatever) and not a kernel config option.
-- Darren J Moffat
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