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-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 4f0beef2bf..78f2bf3a13 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ the user's target storage device rather than on the RAM disk."
(define %installation-services
;; List of services of the installation system.
(let ((motd (plain-file "motd" "
-Welcome to the installation of the Guix System Distribution!
+\x1b[1;37mWelcome to the installation of the Guix System Distribution!\x1b[0m
-There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. In particular, you may
+\x1b[2mThere is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. In particular, you may
LOSE ALL YOUR DATA as a side effect of the installation process. Furthermore,
it is 'beta' software, so it may contain bugs.
-You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.
+You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
")))
(define (normal-tty tty)
(mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration (tty tty)
@@ -245,10 +245,12 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.
;; since it takes the installation directory as an argument.
(cow-store-service)
- ;; Install Unicode support and a suitable font.
+ ;; Install Unicode support and a suitable font. Use a font that
+ ;; doesn't have more than 256 glyphs so that we can use colors with
+ ;; varying brightness levels (see note in setfont(8)).
(service console-font-service-type
(map (lambda (tty)
- (cons tty %default-console-font))
+ (cons tty "lat9u-16"))
'("tty1" "tty2" "tty3" "tty4" "tty5" "tty6")))
;; To facilitate copy/paste.
@@ -288,9 +290,9 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.
(define %issue
;; Greeting.
"
-This is an installation image of the GNU system. Welcome.
+\x1b[1;37mThis is an installation image of the GNU system. Welcome.\x1b[0m
-Use Alt-F2 for documentation.
+\x1b[1;33mUse Alt-F2 for documentation.\x1b[0m
")
(define installation-os