> 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.

-- 
Dennis

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