From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 10 02:10:21 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA27616 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:10:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles333.castles.com [208.214.167.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA27602 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:10:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA04985; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:06:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901101006.CAA04985@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Robert Nordier cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/boot.conf -> /boot/boot.rc In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 10 Jan 1999 11:56:40 +0200." <199901100956.LAA08468@ceia.nordier.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:06:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Since this has come up, I'd also be in favor of the following: > > /boot.config -> /boot/boot2.conf > /boot.help -> /boot/boot2.help > > This makes the boot.* files seem appropriately less important (they > *are* less important) and also cleans up / a little. > > There tends to be confusion over the function and purpose of the > various new boot bits and pieces, so this is probably worth doing. I'd remove boot.help and any support for it completely. This has become a 'wizard' function. Moving boot2.conf sounds like a good idea to me. -- \\ 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. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message