Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:28:53 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader Message-ID: <498BBC85.3070408@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200902052218.n15MIaEa026891@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200902052218.n15MIaEa026891@lurza.secnetix.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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. > > Best regards > Oliver > very nice... BTW most of these things seem to have <ESC> drop out of graphics mode.. do you have something like that? (or maybe <ESC> should go to loader prompt...?) If I had a machine that it didn't work on I think I'd try hitting esc but I don't think I'd think of F7.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?498BBC85.3070408>