On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 22:46, Alexandre Strube wrote: > Specially when you find you that mac's bsd system does not have even > text mode ;-) Sure it does! Every self respecting UNIX system has a, flash a million cryptic messages on the screen, text mode! Enter ">console" as the username on the Aqua login screen. The graphics subsystem will shut down dropping you to a text mode login. (Quite like Solaris and most other commercial UNIX systems.) You can also press Apple-Option-O-F after the chime to access OpenFirmware and enter some kernel options to show the bootup messages instead of the graphical splash screen thingy. From firmware you can also redirect the console to the serial port and use a dumb terminal. Apple has, in the immortal words of Dark Helmet, "Fooooled You!" That's how I'd like a desktop Linux system to act. Hide everything advanced to the point that no one has a clue its there unless they know to ask for it. However, I fully understand why Red Hat isn't quick to include nasty splash screen kernel hacks. -- David Norris http://www.webaugur.com/dave/ ICQ - 412039
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