From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 14:25:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D46016A4CF for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:25:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3816643D39 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:25:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andreas.kohn@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 27789 invoked by uid 65534); 19 Aug 2004 14:25:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [212.204.44.203]) (212.204.44.203) by mail.gmx.net (mp018) with SMTP; 19 Aug 2004 16:25:04 +0200 X-Authenticated: #2431876 From: Andreas Kohn To: Maxim Sobolev In-Reply-To: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com> References: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Rz3Fy08s1U/ysZzfhCy3" Message-Id: <1092925503.67807.11.camel@klamath.ankon.de.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:25:03 +0200 cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extending cdboot with options "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:25:07 -0000 --=-Rz3Fy08s1U/ysZzfhCy3 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 16:08, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Please review/comment on attached patch, which extends cdboot with=20 > "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt inspired by Windows installation=20 > CDs. IMHO this feature is quite useful for installation CDs, and=20 > probably for other interactive one-shot CDs, to prevent machine from=20 > booting off CD again after work is complete. If there is no objections,=20 > I'd like to request repo copy from cdboot.s into cdboot.S and then=20 > commit this change. My plan is to keep this feature turned off by=20 > default, and provide make(1) knob to turn it one if necessary. >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > -Maxim I like this idea very much. One small question: would it make sense to change the message to something which tells the user *what* will boot if he pressed a key? Regards, -- Andreas --=-Rz3Fy08s1U/ysZzfhCy3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBJLg+Yucd7Ow1ygwRAmsbAJ9k3R/t156/bLKgPNcDehmcmlQhfQCdF0+5 bc2d6q2a/26VgOAd+5VDM8o= =4hK+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Rz3Fy08s1U/ysZzfhCy3--