On 22 Jun 2002 19:40:59 +0100 Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This isn't strictly cooker, since it happens with 8.2 as well, but if > it's going to be changed it'll be here, obviously :). Since 8.2 (and > it's the same in cooker) i've noticed a little weirdness with Mandrake's > default lilo.conf. It installs a couple of Linux options by default, one > called 'linux' and one called 'linux-nonfb'. At first I assumed nonfb > was something to do with framebuffer, then my dad pointed out it > probably meant feedback, that is, non-feedback - it's meant to be a > 'quiet' boot. Yet it's the *linux* entry which has the 'quiet' parameter > attached, and the linux-nonfb one that doesn't. (This is the only > difference between the two). So the (standard) 'linux' option gives a > very quiet boot with almost no feedback, and the 'linux-nonfb' one gives > you lots of output. Is this intentional? Is the quiet bootup sequence > meant to be the default? If so...what the hell *does* fb mean? :). And > if not, er, I guess it should be changed a bit :) > -- > adamw > Your first guess was right - nonfb = nonframebuffer My guess as to the reason nonfb is not quiet - in most cases someone using nonfb is trying to troubleshoot a problem. -- Murray J. Root ------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ ------------------------------------------------ Mandrake on irc.openprojects.net: #mandrake & #mandrake-linux = help for newbies #mandrakeguru = advanced discussions #mdk-cooker = Mandrake Cooker
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