On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Erik wrote: > On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 09:16:33PM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > That patch has the ability for startup scripts to display messages to the > screen (for such things as "Initializing network", "Initializing Sound", etc. > > I dont see why the same thing couldn't be used by the kernel drivers.
It can be done. Just keep dumping the kernel ringbuffer (the same one accessed by dmesg) in a smart (and continuous) way while the system boots. Apparently the Progress Patch can't go in debian unless the above hack is included and made mandatory in the Debian packaging of the patch. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
