Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:55:29 +0200 From: Paul Schenkeveld <freebsd@psconsult.nl> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Boot-Loader Message-ID: <20110328075529.GA1403@psconsult.nl> In-Reply-To: <16FA7C02-86B0-46E6-A923-BC61357478FA@vicor.com> References: <16FA7C02-86B0-46E6-A923-BC61357478FA@vicor.com>
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On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:48:03PM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: > Hi fellow hackers, > > I'm designing an open-sourced replacement boot-loader for FreeBSD. I feel that the existing options in the boot-loader menu today can be whittled down significantly with a stateful menu system rather than a single-action item menu system. > > In designing the new menu, I'd like to get your opinions. From old: > > FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE: twitpic.com/4e485w > > to new: > > Replacement Boot-Loader: twitpic.com/4e46ol Very nice! Could you consider changing the number options to letters: v=verbose, a=acpi, s=single ... Having many (hundreds) of machines to manage it's confusing to need 6 for boot prompt on older versions and 5 on the newer where 6 on the newer reboots. Moving from digits to letters with digits resulting in either a beep or a pause saves a lot of frustration for sysadmins already annoyed by the ever increasing POST delay rapidly pressing <ENTER> <ENTER> 6 when the boot0 menu appears. Thanks for your work! Paul Schenkeveld
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