Messages in this thread |  | | From | Shinanyaku <> | Subject | Re: Boot messages (Was: Re: Ideas for v2.1) | Date | Wed, 19 Jun 1996 13:46:10 -0400 (EDT) |
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Miquel van Smoorenburg was heard saying .... >
> Uhm, all VGA cards support redefining the character set right? So why don't > you just redefine the upper 64 characters and display them in a block > of 8x8. That way, you will still be in text mode and LILO and the kernel > can display all debugging messages they want. Ofcourse the kernel should > reset the characterset just before starting the first user process.
Is that how modern BIOS's show a graphical image upon boot while still displaying text? It sounds like TRS-80'ish!
> > Mike. > -- > Miquel van | Cistron Internet Services -- Alphen aan den Rijn. > Smoorenburg, | mailto:info@cistron.nl http://www.cistron.nl/ > miquels@het.net | Tel: +31-172-419445 (Voice) 430979 (Fax) 442580 (Data) > >
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