MB> Well, if you strike Alt-F2 in the early part of 
 MB> the boot process while
 MB> the white block and "OS/2" are displayed in the 
 MB> top left corner of the
 MB> screen, then you will be treated to announcements of the names of
 MB> device drivers as they load.  This is very useful for diagnosing
 MB> system hangs caused by device drivers, so you can figure out which
 MB> driver is responsible.

 AG> Why should this not be announced publicly - in fact, it should be printed
 AG> in 32pt type on the outside of the box.

 AG> Perhaps it should be the default. It would sure make it easier to know
 AG> what is wrong from the other end of a phone.

You can get very misleading results.  For example, if your video drivers
hang, then you might well be looking at the name of the last driver which
was successfully loaded instead of the name of the driver which actually
caused the problem.  The driver name display is a diagnostic and debugging
tool, and is not intended for public view where these subtle details would
be missed.

-- Mike


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