Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:57:53 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extending cdboot with options "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt Message-ID: <20040819145753.GA81657@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <1092925503.67807.11.camel@klamath.ankon.de.eu.org> References: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com> <1092925503.67807.11.camel@klamath.ankon.de.eu.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 04:25:03PM +0200, Andreas Kohn wrote: > On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 16:08, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Please review/comment on attached patch, which extends cdboot with > > "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt inspired by Windows installation > > CDs. IMHO this feature is quite useful for installation CDs, and > > probably for other interactive one-shot CDs, to prevent machine from > > booting off CD again after work is complete. If there is no objections, > > I'd like to request repo copy from cdboot.s into cdboot.S and then > > commit this change. My plan is to keep this feature turned off by > > default, and provide make(1) knob to turn it one if necessary. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Maxim > > I like this idea very much. > > One small question: would it make sense to change the message to > something which tells the user *what* will boot if he pressed a key? > Aren't you supposed to already know which CD you have inserted? ;) Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBJL/xqRfpzJluFF4RAvoTAJ9Lq1+raxP/SJbL8h1hZPDhTPLKKACbBM5R ppMD67ALbreVa2MIjH5uLhg= =tQ9W -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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