Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 21:32:05 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, bde@zeta.org.au, rvb@cs.cmu.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Message-ID: <199901041932.VAA04070@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199901041644.LAA08520@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> from Garrett Wollman at "Jan 4, 99 11:44:52 am"
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:33:55 +0200 (SAT), Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> said:
>
> > Thanks, I wasn't aware that etc/make.conf settings affected the
> > old boot blocks. I'll bring the new stuff into line.
>
> While you're at it, please make it possible to build bootblocks which
> *don't* allow user interruption. As they stand now, the ability to
> let any old person walk up to a machine and tell it what to boot
> represents a serious weakness.
I think non-interactive bootblocks have various potential uses,
notwithstanding various comments elsewhere.
Looking at related functionality, sysinstall presently provides
two options for disk slice selection
o Boot Manager
o Standard MBR
where the essential difference is that one is interactive and the
other isn't.
Given that, providing a non-interactive build option for the
bootblocks doesn't seem unreasonable.
--
Robert Nordier
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