Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 07:46:16 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: bde@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot.foo madness Message-ID: <27996.869496376@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Jul 1997 23:37:12 %2B0900." <199707211437.XAA17480@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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> Anyway, why not just suppress error messages. That's the simplest > solution/kludge. None of the above three files are mandatory. If we > are concerned about the lack of help messages, we should provide just > one line such as: > > Usage: bios_drive:interface(unit,partition)kernel_name options > > I don't think we can cram more in the boot code. That's basically why > /boot.help was created in the first place, I guess. When I suggested this obvious alternative the first time, Bruce was violently opposed. Jordan
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