Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:51:44 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <199808290951.SAA01516@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:50:25 GMT." <199808290050.AAA01520@word.smith.net.au> References: <199808290050.AAA01520@word.smith.net.au>
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>> I tested this on my box. I added three ^G to the end of boot.help and >> it worked very well. Once proper documentation is provided (I will >> write something for either FAQ or the handbook), this will help many >> people who want to install FreeBSD to PC without a display monitor. >> >> I will make this change to /sys/i386/boot/biosboot/boot.help if I >> don't hear any objection within next a few days. > >I'm not sure that this would be popular in the general case; I would >certainly be less than thrilled to have my systems screaming at me >every time I reboot, and while I can easily do something about this, >it's less simple to explain to what does amount to the majority of our >userbase why their systems are so noisy. I wonder if this is such a big deal. After all, BIOS beeps during POST when the box is switched on.... Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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