Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:34:42 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980131173008.20289C-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199801310816.RAA25544@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:
> The boot block for 3.0-CURRENT and 2.2.5-RELEASE prints a screen-full
> of message:
>
> ...
> Usage: bios_drive:interface(unit,partition)kernel_name options
> bios_drive 0, 1, ...
> interface fd, wd or sd
> unit 0, 1, ...
> partition a, c, ...
> [Blah, blah,...]
>
> The text is read from /boot.help of the boot drive. While it is good
> to have this help message once the OS is installed, it may be of very
> little help to a first-time user who is booting our boot floppy.
> Maybe we should make /boot.help on the boot floppy less technical.
> Something like:
>
> ============================================================
>
> ---== Welcome to the 2.2.6 RELEASE version of FreeBSD! ==---
> A Full 4.4 BSD Lite Based 32-bit Operating System
>
> March 1998
> FreeBSD Inc.
>
> ============================================================
I like this idea! I have always thought the boot message is a real
repellent to newbies. It's simply too cryptic.
OTOH, this version is much better than previous one... so at least we're
heading in good direction :-))
Andrzej Bialecki
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