From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 31 15:01:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20823 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 15:01:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20703 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 15:00:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA00368; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 09:22:10 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801312252.JAA00368@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Andrzej Bialecki , Kazutaka YOKOTA , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 31 Jan 1998 08:47:58 -0800." <4667.886265278@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 09:22:10 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > > OTOH, this version is much better than previous one... so at least we're > > heading in good direction :-)) > > I believe the goal behind the current message was to eliminate all > those novice users saying "how do I boot off the 1st drive on my 2nd > controller?" - the information presented there may be cryptic, but > it's also pretty useful if you're totally lost as to what your device > name should be or how you can specify the partition and bios logical > drive# independently. "Hello, and welcome to FreeBSD!" is certainly > more friendly, but does very little to actually aid the user. :-) I think the point is, though, that in the specific case of the install floppy, the user is unlikely to be booting off anything other than the kernel on said install floppy. How this affects the case where the user boots the install floppy because they muffed the BootEasy config, I am not so sure. IMHO, that might be a fixit-floppy case. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\