What is the meaning of the colored bars that across the boot screen ?

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Issue

  • When a machine boots in text mode, there are three coloured bars slowly going across the bottom of the screen. These seem to be related to services start up.
  • What do each of the three colors / bar pieces indicate?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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