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Date:      Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:22:06 +0100
From:      "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>
To:        "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
Cc:        Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Graphic /boot/loader menu
Message-ID:  <CADGWnjXbBT4rEgAgG6BpwTP%2B3A=mioEMwS4ZRiMjAyJpC50KQQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20111218112432.07baf6f7@cox.net>
References:  <4EEC08E8.80501@a1poweruser.com> <20111218112432.07baf6f7@cox.net>

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On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> wrote=
:
> Myself, personally, as much as I dislike the look of FreeBSD's boot
> menu, it does have the advantage of being very lightweight and adding
> minimal overhead to the booting process, which is an important
> consideration for a lot of people, no doubt. =A0YMMV.

It's important to us running FreeBSD on headless machines,
hooked up to remote serial consoles. A GUI boot menu wouldn't
work there, since these machines don't even have VGA circuitry.

> Let us know if you learn anything interesting re: this issue.
>
> --
> Conrad J. Sabatier
> conrads@cox.net

Regards,
-cpghost.

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