From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 20 22:31:02 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 CBBD816A4CE; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:31:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F4543D31; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:31:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@linux.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a199.otenet.gr [212.205.215.199]) i7KMUpud026962; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 01:30:54 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i7KMTfVQ029941; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 01:29:41 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@linux.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i7KMTbZM029940; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 01:29:37 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@linux.gr) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 01:29:37 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20040820222937.GB29749@gothmog.gr> References: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com> <20040819145753.GA81657@ip.net.ua> <20040819150502.GA4107@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <200408201255.27330.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408201255.27330.jhb@FreeBSD.org> cc: Maxim Sobolev cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Andreas Kohn 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 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 22:31:02 -0000 On 2004-08-20 12:55, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 19 August 2004 11:05 am, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On 2004-08-19 17:57, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > FWIW, I also like the idea of something like: > > > > Press any key to boot FreeBSD from CDROM... > > > > Of course you're supposed to know, and you can certainly stop the > > installer even after the system has booted into it, [...] > > cdboot is also used by at least DragonFly and OpenBSD (probably FreesBIE and > others as well), so I'd be very reluctant to add any FreeBSD specific bits > that would force other projects to maintain local diffs. Hmmm, in that case perhaps the more generic message is better :-/