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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 00:40:46 +1000
From: Gregory Shearman <zekeyg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How's the openrc update going for everyone?
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Dale wrote: 
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 May 2011 04:55:46 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>
>>    
>>> I'll leave it like it is I guess.  I like all the little green OK's
>>> that scroll up anyway.
>>>      
>> Reassuring, aren't they?
>>
>>
>>    
>
> What's bad is when something doesn't start for some reason and you don't 
> know it didn't start.  Then things start acting weird and you get a head 
> scratcher.  It's one reason I don't like the picture stuff that some 
> people use that covers all that up.  Even when I boot off a USB stick or 
> CD, I hit F2 or whatever to see if everything I need is seen and ready.

The "picture stuff" will switch to "verbose" if there's any errors in
the bootup process, otherwise it's a nice graphical bootscreen and a
progress bar.

-- 
Regards,
Gregory.