Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:34:31 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> Subject: Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5 Message-ID: <BANLkTimZBRDNAHC1j2X2CKrt%2B9_h57jjhQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinEV_7J9PcN3eyZiug24qjJU_Wr=Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <00b601cc11d5$5c83f5c0$158be140$@vicor.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105140904310.11775@gw.reifenberger.com> <BANLkTimUz28twamVDDt=-TxWfJc%2B2nEpJQ@mail.gmail.com> <24057187-9777-4CFF-92D1-1D6103B35280@vicor.com> <BANLkTinEV_7J9PcN3eyZiug24qjJU_Wr=Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > My main idea is that the present Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5 is a very > good menu . Instead of destroying its elegant structure , the already > available FreeBSD Boot Loader ( actually Kernel selection ) menu could be > improved and may be used IF IT IS SUITABLE for the USER ( otherwise the user > may not select it during installation ) . > I disagree entirely, the boot loader knows nothing of kernels, it only presents the bootable drives/partitions as the BIOS sees it. Calling the boot loader a kernel selection menu is disingenuous, since this is simply a by-product of having different kernels on different drives/partitions, whilst the most commonly desired kernel selection (kernel vs kernel.old) is not available via this method. Cheers Tom
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