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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:57:53 +0300
From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
To: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Extending cdboot with options "Press any key to boot from CD"
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 04:25:03PM +0200, Andreas Kohn wrote:
> 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
>=20
> I like this idea very much.
>=20
> 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?
>=20
Aren't you supposed to already know which CD you have inserted?  ;)


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer

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