On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 19:44, FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > Le ven 22/08/2003 � 12:07, Adam Williamson a �crit : > > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 16:38, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > > Although I like the look of having a bootsplash at startup, I've noticed one > > > setback. On my laptop I frequently add and remove a USB mouse. The startup > > > screen hangs on harddrake but I don't realize it until I hit F2. Is there a > > > way to let the user know that new hardware has been detected? Can harddrake > > > interrupt the bootsplash on it's own... > > > > Not a proper response to the problem, but just a question - have you > > considered removing harddrake? I disable it on my laptop, since I can't > > really think of any hardware upgrade I could perform on it for which it > > would be useful - all the stuff I could plug into it would be adequately > > dealt with by PCMCIA service or hotplug, and harddrake just gets in the > > way... > > wrong way. > harddrake have a utility and you may have others tools that may need to > inform or need a interaction with the user during boot sequence
*sigh* That's why I wrote "not a proper response to the problem" RIGHT AT THE START OF MY REPLY. Please pay attention in future. This was merely a suggestion I thought Cory might find useful FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL CONVENIENCE. -- adamw
