On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Dennis Clarke <dcla...@blastwave.org>wrote:
> > > 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. > Sometimes you just can't get a keyboard to work when you're in the datacenter at 2AM trying to fix a server because customers are yelling at you... and instead of the error messages you just see the splash screen *grrr* It's easily fixed by removing the entries from menu.lst but it's annoying nevertheless. I haven't followed the b134 boot problems but if the splash screen is causing it... +1 from me for removing it from the default install. -- Giovanni Tirloni sysdroid.com
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