From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 5 18:02:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA21481 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:02:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (lapdog.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA21452 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:02:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA01957; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 12:16:16 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199802060146.MAA01957@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mikael Karpberg cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Feb 1998 01:05:00 +0100." <199802060005.BAA27868@ocean.campus.luth.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 17:46:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > According to Mike Smith: > > It occurred to me this morning that the *ideal* behaviour would be as > > follows: > > > > If boot.banner exists, display it, else if boot.help exists, display it. > > Don't have a 'help' command. Instead, if an unrecognised command is > > entered, and finding a kernel named thus fails, look for a file named > > boot. and display it instead. > > > > This lets you have more than one help screen, just for openers. It > > might even reduce the code footprint a little. > > With all these boot.XXXX files, and stuff, isn't it time for doing > /boot/XXXX instead? Seems to me the root should have as few files as > possible. Last time I proposed that, Bruce was rather unhappy about it. IMHO it's the right approach though. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\