Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:22:06 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> Cc: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Graphic /boot/loader menu Message-ID: <CADGWnjXbBT4rEgAgG6BpwTP%2B3A=mioEMwS4ZRiMjAyJpC50KQQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111218112432.07baf6f7@cox.net> References: <4EEC08E8.80501@a1poweruser.com> <20111218112432.07baf6f7@cox.net>
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On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> wrote= : > Myself, personally, as much as I dislike the look of FreeBSD's boot > menu, it does have the advantage of being very lightweight and adding > minimal overhead to the booting process, which is an important > consideration for a lot of people, no doubt. =A0YMMV. It's important to us running FreeBSD on headless machines, hooked up to remote serial consoles. A GUI boot menu wouldn't work there, since these machines don't even have VGA circuitry. > Let us know if you learn anything interesting re: this issue. > > -- > Conrad J. Sabatier > conrads@cox.net Regards, -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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