Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 12:26:43 GMT From: derm@iol.ie (Dermot McNally) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 961006-SNAP comments Message-ID: <325ee710.5836828@mail.iol.ie> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.961009094044.2082E-100000@pauling.salk.edu> References: <Pine.NEB.3.93.961009094044.2082E-100000@pauling.salk.edu>
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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996 10:12:48 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >FreeBSD's "all for one and one for all" boot floppy philosophy. So on >this note, if there could be a convenient and friendly way to inform = users >at boot time that they can, if need be, access a boot config editor by >hitting some key on the keyboard without cramming the editor down the >throats of others who may be confused by the editor or don't need to use >the editor then, just perhaps, everyone will still be happy and the "one >disk is all you need" constraint will be satisfied as well!!=20 Alternatively, why not launch the visual config program but have a prominent option highlighted by default along the lines of "Press Enter = to continue boot process". That way nobody forgets to go into config mode, everyone gets to find out it's there (a major help, IMHO) and nobody has trouble getting out of it and continuing with (hopefully) sensible defaults. Dermot -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dermot McNally derm@iol.ie http://www.iol.ie/~derm/ =46YI Consultants, specialising in the Internet & other networking Phone: +353-1-8252074 Mobile: +353-87-439998 "He wasn't just a train-spotter, but a train-talker, a far more dangerous condition" --Bill Bryson
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