From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 30 12:48:50 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0874CE63 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lme@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C29B92368 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:48:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 0x20.net (0x20.net [217.69.76.212]) (Authenticated sender: lala) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 400146A6004 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:48:47 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:48:47 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Boot Menu Organization: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC06B52@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> References: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC06B52@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: lme@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:48:50 -0000 Am 28.09.2013 23:30, schrieb Teske, Devin: > In my recent interview on bsdnow.tv, I was pinged on BEs in Forth. > > I'd like to revisit this. > > Back on Sept 20th, 2012, I posted some pics demonstrating what > exactly code that was in HEAD (at the time) was/is capable of. > > These three pictures (posted the same day) tell a story: > 1. You boot to the menu: http://twitpic.com/b1eswi/full > 2. You select option #5 to get here: http://twitpic.com/b1etyb/full > 3. You select option #2 to get here: http://twitpic.com/b1ew47/full > > I've just (today) uploaded the /boot/menu.rc file(s) that I used to > create > those pictures: > > http://druidbsd.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/druidbsd/zfsbeastie/ > > NB: There's a README file to go along with the files. > > HINT: diff -pu menu.rc.1.current-head menu.rc.2.cycler > HINT: diff -pu menu.rc.1.current-head menu.rc.2.dynamic-submenu > > Interested in feedback, but moreover I would like to see who is > interested in tackling this with me? I can't do it alone... I at least > need testers whom will provide feedback and edge-case testing. Woohoo! Great! I am using ZFS boot environments with beadm, so I can test a bit.