Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:56:40 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recent boot0 changes dropped a partition type? Message-ID: <20090628215640.GA4771@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <4A47DC74.9060304@phat.za.net> References: <4A4751ED.8020002@phat.za.net> <20090628181105.GA98246@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <4A47C1DF.2020908@phat.za.net> <4A47C28A.2030000@samsco.org> <4A47DC74.9060304@phat.za.net>
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On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:11:16PM +0200, Aragon Gouveia wrote: > Scott Long wrote: > >Aragon Gouveia wrote: > >>But with limited space we probably should just decide to not worry > >>about anything older than Windows XP... > > > >How about not worrying about NetBSD or OpenBSD? How many people > >typically multi-boot OpenBSD? I was about to suggest that -- in terms of popularity, the various FAT alternatives versions are by far more common. > Another benefit of dropping MS OSes older than Windows XP is removing > all references to "DOS" when displaying the boot menu. this is already gone. There is a DOS string but almost always it maps to Windows due to space constraints. cheers luigi
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