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Date:      Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:21:06 -0500
From:      Skip Ford <skip@menantico.com>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@elischer.org
Subject:   Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader
Message-ID:  <20090206102106.GA881@menantico.com>
In-Reply-To: <200902060721.n167L2px048711@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <freebsd-current.43073.1233894598.498BBC85.3070408@elischer.org> <200902060721.n167L2px048711@lurza.secnetix.de>

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Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Julian Elischer wrote:
>  > 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...?)
> 
> Good question.  The screen layout isn't final, of course,
> and I'm open to suggestions.  (Also, there will be a short
> descriptive text for the countdown and how to pause it.)
> 
> I think it might make sense to provide an additional action
> using the <Esc> key that leaves graphics mode and displays
> the old text menu instead.

What about F8?  That's what I'd guess a majority of people would
instinctively reach for to get to a boot menu.

-- 
Skip



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