On 03/10/10 08:09 AM, Giovanni Tirloni wrote:
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Dennis Clarke <dcla...@blastwave.org
<mailto:dcla...@blastwave.org>> wrote:
> You may be running into the following issue
>
> 6932552 early calls to cv_reltimedwait() are even less safe post
6919691
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6932552
>
> The work-around is to boot with the GRUB splashimage, foreground and
> background lines deleted and the ",console=graphics" removed
from the
> GRUB kernel$ line.
>
> The fix for this is underway,
This makes my beard itch.
I don't know if the community folks have any real say at all in
this but I
feel like expressing an opinion. That progress bar is really tacky. It
instantly undervalues the whole name and feel of what a UNIX
system should
be. It is similar to a Honda civic with a tin can welded to the
exhaust
pipe.
The first thing I do is modify my menu.lst for grub to something
like so :
default 0
timeout 15
title snv_135 i386
findroot (rootfs0,0,a)
kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -v
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
title snv_135 safe
findroot (rootfs0,0,a)
kernel$ /boot/platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -sv
module$ /boot/$ISADIR/x86.miniroot-safe
Very simple. At the very least it is respectable. Dignified.
So perhaps solve a few problems with one fell swoop and toss that
"progress" thing away. I do not see how it reports anything about
"progress" to the sysadmin.
There, I am now the "bad guy" for saying it.
Sometimes you just can't get a keyboard to work when you're in the
datacenter at 2AM trying to fix a server because customers are yelling
at you... and instead of the error messages you just see the splash
screen *grrr*
It's easily fixed by removing the entries from menu.lst but it's
annoying nevertheless.
I haven't followed the b134 boot problems but if the splash screen is
causing it... +1 from me for removing it from the default install.
I believe it's a matter of target audience - liveCD has more of a
'desktop' feel. AI installations by default do not have the splash
screen, nor will text installs.
- Keith
--
Giovanni Tirloni
sysdroid.com <http://sysdroid.com>
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