Messages in this thread |  | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Bootscreen | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:43:28 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > Surely the most sensible lines to think along are: > > > > * Make boot times as short as possible > > So with a short boot time instead of seeing text messages for a while > you'll get some flickering on the screen - I don't call that an > improvement.
Well, if the machine boots up OK, you can always review the messages with dmesg. If it doesn't, the messages are there to review.
> > * Support, and encourage the use of more efficient CPU designs, so > > that it becomes sensible to leave machines on all the time. > > Unfortunately in the real world we are dealing with existing cheap > hardware.
Well, my current IA-32 box is hopefully going to be my last :-).
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