From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 20 21:22:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54FC0106566B for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:22:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FA98FC0C for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:22:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp1 with SMTP id p1so7479764ggn.13 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:22:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.111.69 with SMTP id ig5mr3426081obb.9.1324416126923; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:22:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.220.33 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:22:06 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.180.25] In-Reply-To: <20111218112432.07baf6f7@cox.net> References: <4EEC08E8.80501@a1poweruser.com> <20111218112432.07baf6f7@cox.net> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:22:06 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Fbsd8 , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Graphic /boot/loader menu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:22:08 -0000 On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier 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. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/