From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 31 08:33:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA29026 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 08:33:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from korin.warman.org.pl (korin.nask.waw.pl [148.81.160.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA29018 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 08:32:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from abial@korin.warman.org.pl) Received: from localhost (abial@localhost) by korin.warman.org.pl (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA26135; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:34:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:34:42 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki To: Kazutaka YOKOTA cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner In-Reply-To: <199801310816.RAA25544@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" 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 ---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- abial@warman.org.pl | if(halt_per_mth > 0) { fetch("http://www.freebsd.org") } Research & Academic | "Be open-minded, but don't let your brains to fall out." Network in Poland | All of the above (and more) is just my personal opinion. ---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------