Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 04:51:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org> Cc: doconnor@gsoft.com.au, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.flp blown out again Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0110130449450.4851-100000@mimer.webgiro.com> In-Reply-To: <20011012154320F.jkh@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > Cool! Committed to -current. Of course, this should really be rolled > into the loader so that the sequence is more like this: > > <boot kern.flp> > Would you like to load any additional kernel modules (y/n)? y > Please insert modules floppy and press return: > <forth script runs which presents menu for all items on modules floppy, > doing loads on any selected> > Please insert mfsroot floppy and press return: > <mfsroot is loaded as usual> > <system boots into sysinstall> > > That way there's no need for a deviceRescan() and the user doesn't > have to remember to invoke the Load KLD menu item before selecting an > Installation type. I remember some german(?) guy even writing a bunch > of FICL primitives for doing those sorts of UIs. I wonder what ever > happened to that stuff? If you mean what I mean, that guy was Polish, and that stuff still sits in the tree: src/boot/i386/libi386/vidconsole.c (look for TERM_EMU) src/share/examples/bootforth/frames.4th It is even enabled by default. -- Andrzej // ---------------------------------------------------------------- // Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>, Chief System Architect // WebGiro AB, Sweden (http://www.webgiro.com) // ---------------------------------------------------------------- // <abial@freebsd.org> FreeBSD developer (http://www.freebsd.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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