[gentoo-user] Controlling Gentoo bootup display

2003-07-01 Thread MAL
I'm not after funky bootsplash screens but what I would like to do is control the boot/shutdown messages. If possible, I would like to display a message during boot, such as 'Initialising...', and nothing else. The same during shutdown. However, I also need the boot scripts to start a program

Re: [gentoo-user] Controlling Gentoo bootup display

2003-07-01 Thread Dhruba Bandopadhyay
MAL wrote: I'm not after funky bootsplash screens but what I would like to do is How about non-funky images that are displayed via silent bootsplash and show messages like 'Initialising system' and 'Shutting down system'? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Controlling Gentoo bootup display

2003-07-01 Thread MAL
Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: MAL wrote: I'm not after funky bootsplash screens but what I would like to do is How about non-funky images that are displayed via silent bootsplash and show messages like 'Initialising system' and 'Shutting down system'? Sounds great... I take it you mean using the