From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 20 19:02:36 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 C322616A4CE for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:02:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.linkline.com (smtp2.linkline.com [64.30.215.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD8E43D45 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:02:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sclements@linkline.com) Received: from samclementsde (host-66-59-225-129.lcinet.net [66.59.225.129]) by smtp2.linkline.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44384F2; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:02:34 -0700 (PDT) From: "Samuel Clements" To: "'Maxim Sobolev'" Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:02:36 -0700 Organization: linkLINE Communications, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-reply-to: <41264764.6050804@portaone.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcSG5os/Lm/eo7QVTXGAjqzHkpKI6QAAUDQQ Message-Id: <20040820190234.44384F2@smtp2.linkline.com> 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 Reply-To: sclements@linkline.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:02:36 -0000 > See above. How it would help if CD is unserted into machine with network > boot or machine which boots using some "unsupported" by detection > heuristics method (e.g. another CD, floppy, etc)? > > IMHO, such prompt is useful for interactive CDs to prevent automatic > booting when CD is erroneously inserted into headless machines, or when > installation is complete and machine can be bootstrapped off HDD. > > Since it's "for interactive use only", I don't see any problems with > "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt in all cases, regardless of the > absence or presence of active partition on HDD. It's assumed that there > is an operator in front of the machine's console, who can press the key > when prompted. If there is no such person, there is no point to boot off > this CD at all in the first place due to its "interactiveness". Or perhaps it could do something fancy, like detect keyboard presence and if its not found, ignore checking for partitions - if one is found, assume machine is not headless and ask. I'm certainly not advocating Microsoft's way as right - I was just posting for clarifications sake. -Sam