Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:25:03 +0200 From: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extending cdboot with options "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt Message-ID: <1092925503.67807.11.camel@klamath.ankon.de.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com> References: <4124B473.9070004@portaone.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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? Regards, -- Andreas [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBJLg+Yucd7Ow1ygwRAmsbAJ9k3R/t156/bLKgPNcDehmcmlQhfQCdF0+5 bc2d6q2a/26VgOAd+5VDM8o= =4hK+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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