Boot
Caveats
Most if not all pages are just rough notes, and these pages as a whole are far from complete. More notes will be added in time, eventually, maybe.
If, from reading these notes, you conclude that I am off my rocker, you won’t be the first, and you may even be right. These pages may simply position me as an acolyte to the late Gene Ray.
No doubt there are a dozen and one reasons why none of this would ever work, but perhaps somewhere deep down there is a tiny fragment that could be used for something.
The boot process will comprise the OS logo with the version codename and CPU architecture details. Below this will be a boot progress bar, which will show a single line readout of what is taking place.
Pressing a specific key will enable a Linux-style boot readout for diagnostics purposes.
This was briefly illustrated for Cy/VOS with a focus on ARM portable devices:
