> I would also like to see a real progress indicator rather than the async > indicator.
True, real (or nearly real) progress indication instead of simple movement would be far more useful. This is done in BT3. >higher rez graphics available rather then the 640x480, 4bit graphic limitation >we currently have. Grub2 has "1024 x 768 with direct RGB" (and "standard VGA Index Color mode") http://grub.enbug.org/VideoSubsystem While there is .png support you might do better with .gif and create a tiny animated bootscreen (a first ?), using .mng may be too big. > The lack of a keystroke to switch to text screen is a very high priority. There are "combo" graphical boots with text which have worked with some success and "underlaid" (opposite of overlaid) text boots which are not too bad. I like BT3's "hole in the screen" but we can't copy it. Or, do you mean that hitting a key would simply yank out the graphical boot properties from the Grub line that was selected and then boot it. Example: Hit [ESC] to delete these lines and boot splashimage ... foreground ... background ... Other OSes are using these key choices as "System Keys": MultiseatX does this (uses [ESC] key): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX Red Hat does this (as do some other Linuxes): http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Installation_Guide/ch-guimode-x86.html AMI BIOS does this: http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Keystrokes_PUB.pdf > Rob, > As I mentioned, the graphic boot will continue to evolve. This was a > first cut based on what had been implemented in S10U2. > > The lack of a keystroke to switch to text screen is a very high > priority. I would also like to see a real progress indicator rather than > the async indicator. And higher rez graphics available rather then the > 640x480, 4bit graphic limitation we currently have. > Frank -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
