Re: ASCII art boot menu is slow?

[David Rhodus <sdrhodus@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:46:43 +0100, Mark Cullen
<mark.cullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alright well I don't actually have DF installed on my laptop any more as
> I was running out of disk space sadly (I'm sitting here thinking about
> taking 5.x off my home server, as it just seems to be acting like a
> giant pain, and sticking DF on it though)
> 
> You all know what I am talking about when I say the ASCII art boot menu
> part? Well on 5.x on my laptop that part blinks onto the screen nice and
> quick. However I did notice that on DF its really slow and it does it
> like... it wipes onto the screen from top to bottom line by line. I was
> just curious as to why this is? Not a show-stopper or anything :)
> 
> Thanks!
> 

That is because the initial boot output is drawn to both the display
screen and the serial line.  The dual output only happens during the
boot process so it should have no affect on normal system activity.

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                                            -David
                                            Steven David Rhodus
                                            <drhodus@xxxxxxxxxxx>