boot banner project

From: /dev/null (null_at_dnswatch.com)
Date: 04/27/05

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    Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:09:15 -0700 (PDT)
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org

    Hello any & all,
     O.K. I feel I must preface this with an acknowledgment that I *know*
    this is a silly project *because* given the *incredibly* long uptimes
    that FreeBSD is known for. >>But<< for those *few* times when FreeBSDers
    see a boot screen, shouldn't it look really nice? Shouldn't also be able
    to reflect the Administrators tastes and personality? Well, this is the
    premise for my attempting this project. But before I start, I want to
    submit an RFC. So consider this an Request for comments. This is an
    attempt to create a Graphical boot screen that initially has the
    following layout:
    (a fixed width font required to view the layout correctly)
     --------------------------------------------------------
    | some |
    | sort |
    | of |
    | graphic goes in this area |
    |--------------------------------------------------------
    | boot |
    | |
    | messages |
    | |
    | seen |
    | |
    | here |
    | bla... |
    | bla... |
    | bla... |
    ---------------------------------------------------------

    -Chris

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