Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 00:16:24 +0000 From: "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu Message-ID: <20110509001626.50270@gmx.com>
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> There's really only room for one or two more menu items. Perhaps some items could be moved to a 2nd level menu? 1) boot multiuser mode ( default ) 2) boot single user mode 3) menu to set boot options 4) help >>>> Would be nice: a fix for having to lean on a key autorepeating >>>> for a couple seconds. >>> >>> Could you explain? I don't follow. >> >> On my Tyan Tomcat k8e 2865, just entering the number rarely if >> ever works. I have to either repeatedly bang away at the key or >> hold it down, letting the RS-232 terminal do the autorepeat thing, >> while hoping that it notices before the timer runs out. > > Is that with the current code that's in CVS? I'd love for you to > try my code on that hardware. One of the things that I worked on > in the very beginning was the responsiveness. That's with 6.x, 7,x and 8.x, currently running 8.2. I haven't looked to see if anything has changed in CVS since 8.2. I'll try your code, but I can't promise when. I'm swamped at the moment and windows when the machine is free keep getting smaller and less frequent.
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