Re: Corel Setup Design Proposal

[Will Lowe <harpo@UDel.Edu>]

> > 3. Kernel boot messages will be sent to an alternate console.
> 
> So what if you have a hanging kernel? Bug reports such as "it hangs after
> printing something about hlt" will change into "it hangs".  How about
> changing where they go after you have done the initial boot? (or changing VC
> if you can't change where the messages go).

I don't know much about how the kernel prints its messages on startup,
but is it possible to,  say,  restrict them to the bottom half of a
screen?

.... I'm thinking of the IRIX startup screen,  where you get the splash
screen and the kernel messages show up in a window.

                     					Will


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