If I correctly remember the days when I used NeXTSTEP, there were two boot
modes. In graphics mode, there was a status bar. In verbose (text) mode,
all the messages appeared. As the boot started, there was a prompt in
which you could specify single-user mode, verbose mode, etc. With no
specification, after a few seconds it would go ahead and boot. Also, the
mode (graphics vs text) could be set via the Preferences capability.
As a software developer, most of the time I didn't want/need the messages
so I'd let it run in graphics mode. Of course when the boot had a problem,
I'd reboot and run it verbose (text) mode.
David
At 08:57 PM 10/21/01, you wrote:
>On Monday 22 October 2001 02:28, you wrote:
> > How would hiding that information make the system "easier to use" ?
>
>Because the majority of people (and especially those who haven't been reached
>by Linux yet) don't care for the messages. They are as interested in boot
>messages as you may be in reading debug information from your DVD player or
>car.
>
>Assuming you have a car with a display for the embedded computer, and you
>don't know anything about its software or hardware, you just want to drive.
>Would you prefer to see lots of cryptic messages when you turn the key, or
>just some simple picture with a progress bar showing you when the system is
>ready?
>IMHO the bar is all you need. Everything else just distracts you from the
>only important thing.
>
>Showing unimportant information is like turning on debug messages that you
>don't need.
>
>bye...
>
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