[syslinux] New 'quiet' behavior - optional?

Ferenc Wagner wferi at niif.hu
Tue Nov 23 15:32:33 PST 2010


Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi at profusion.mobi> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 15:08, Lucas De Marchi
>> <lucas.demarchi at profusion.mobi> wrote:
>>
>>> I think it'd be great if we could separate the 'quiet' command for
>>> Linux and for syslinux. Moreover, if we have a 'quiet' command for
>>> syslinux, would it be possible to turn off the Copyright message?
>>
>> With regards to the banner, which includes the copyright, it is
>> written before the config is loaded.  It serves as notice to a user
>> that bootloader itself is fully loaded and ready to start.  There have
>> been multiple requests for turning it off.  I believe the current
>> standing is that it will not be turned off in the pre-compiled
>> binaries.  You can always edit the source and turn it off but you'll
>> be supporting it entirely on your own.
>
> Yes, this is easy. Maybe a compile time option?

Or rather an installer option.

>> That said, an easy workaround is to load a UI that overwrites that
>> portion of the screen.  There was a discussion in the last few months
>> about trying to make it look like it's silent to the user when things
>> move fast enough.
>
> That didn't work for me. I can see the message by a fraction of second
> before the graphical UI overwrites it.
>
> When I see these messages by a fraction of a second (not specifically
> in syslinux), I always hear users complaining that the system as a
> whole is not well integrated, there are still some rough edges to be
> polished. The reason is that it appears and goes away faster than the
> user is able to read and slower than necessary to be unnoticed.

How does the user know that it isn't part of the system BIOS?
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.




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