Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:56:08 +0400 (MSD) From: Sergey Mokryshev <mokr@mokr.net> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extending cdboot with options "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt Message-ID: <20040820145419.H640@lemori.mokr.net> In-Reply-To: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com> References: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com>
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Hi, > > Please review/comment on attached patch, which extends cdboot with "Press any > key to boot from CD" prompt inspired by Windows installation CDs. IMHO this > feature is quite useful for installation CDs, and probably for other > interactive one-shot CDs, to prevent machine from booting off CD again after > work is complete. If there is no objections, I'd like to request repo copy > from cdboot.s into cdboot.S and then commit this change. My plan is to keep > this feature turned off by default, and provide make(1) knob to turn it one > if necessary. > > Thanks! > > -Maxim > Maxim, Windows 2000 and later checks for an active partition on HDD first, and display this message if none found. Is it hard to implement? Sergey Mokryshev. -- Sergey S. Mokryshev <mokr@mokr.net> SMP453, MOKR-RIPN
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