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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:36:57 -0800
From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Subject: Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader
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On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 11:18:36PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Hello fellow hackers,
> 
> Some of you might remember that I'm working on graphics
> support for our /boot/loader.  Unfortunately, progress has
> been rather slow because of non-FreeBSD-related activity.
> 
> Anyway, I have now prepared a tarball containing a loader
> binary for public testing.  If you are eager to give it a
> try, please feel free to do so.  It should work with any
> FreeBSD version on i386 and amd64 platforms.
> 
> I have posted detailed instructions on the FreeBSD wiki:
> 
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoaderTest
> 
> Any kind of feedback is welcome.

Works well here, tried various combinations of the options. This is very
cool.


Andrew