SOLUTION: Since we dont want a graphical or text bootup --- how about a
blank screen bootup, or a bootup where the loading of individual drivers is
indicated by the sound card making various noises ... a train whistle for
hd, a church bell for terminals, etc ...
On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Lauri Tischler wrote:
> Anno Domini 25 Mar 97 at 8:58, atporter wrote:
> > You also need to realize that not all linux boxes are graphics
> > capable. I have a number of boxes that are running with the termial boot
> > patch, Linux runs on Sparc's, Alpha's, PPC's, and god knows what all else
> > in the near future. The graphics capabilites of these systems vary
> > greatly. If someone wants that patch (ie, RedHat puts something like it
> > on their disks), great. But putting something like that into the kernel
> > tree is absurd.
> >
> Yep..
> The day Linux Kernel forces me to use GUI I start looking for
> something else.
> It's bad enough that some distributions almost force one to use
> jacky GUI tools while installing stuff.
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