[rescue] Solaris 8 Differences

[Dave McGuire]

On February 3, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > > I mean that is uses the OpenBoot console. Which is painfully slow on
> > > an LX, a bit like using a 9600 terminal. It is just completely
> > > orthogonal to the blindingly (in comparison) fast and efficient
> > > framebuffer consoles you get with linux.
> > 
> > ok, now maybe this just seems silly to me, but do you want to know why there
> > is no good text framebuffer support?  it's REALLY SIMPLE.  if you are only
> > going to use text, PUT A SERIAL CONSOLE ON THE MACHINE.
> 
> Perhaps, but that's not much faster.  :-)

  How fast do you need it to be for booting and OS loading?  That's
about all people should use consoles for anyway.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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