Re: ASCII art boot menu is slow?

[Mark Cullen <mark.cullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Rhodus wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, it didn't affect anything else. Anyhow, thanks to you both for 
clearing that up for me!

I am, however, going to say this once more... the DF installer rocks! I 
really like it, even at it's current state + some bugs :)

Cheers!

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