Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:24:23 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Boot Loader Menu Message-ID: <CAF6rxgkdqfwQ_m0r2WH_3s1E88cJNEeW=DVd1vS46XmCR1xGNQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5071B625.6090906@FreeBSD.org> References: <0655B56F-AD43-402B-872C-568378E650F9@fisglobal.com> <5071B625.6090906@FreeBSD.org>
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On 7 October 2012 13:04, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote: > on 07/10/2012 02:48 Devin Teske said the following: >> Hello, >> >> I've been working on a new boot loader menu system. >> >> This is what is in HEAD, CURRENT, and RELENG_9 at the moment: >> >> http://twitpic.com/b1pkll/full >> in color: http://twitpic.com/b1pkz1/full >> >> >> I'd like to propose the following replacement to the above: >> >> http://twitpic.com/b1pll5/full >> in color: http://twitpic.com/b1plxi/full >> >> The boot options have been whisked away into a sub-menu (see below): >> >> http://twitpic.com/b1pm51/full >> in color: http://twitpic.com/b1pme8/full >> >> >> What does everybody think? > > > Can't say for everybody :-) > I think that the infrastructure is great. How you chose to use it in your demo > might turn off some people though :-) I mean hiding of the traditional options > into the sub-menu. > > Let's use sub-menus for the really useful stuff. Like detailing safe boot > options (e.g. under Troubleshooting sub-menu; ACPI can got there too) or > offering a GUI way to chose a boot+root filesystem (esp. for ZFS). > > Please don't mind the people who react to screenshots rather than to your work > (and thus, perhaps, can't see the wood behind the trees). > > Whatever you do, verbose boot and single-user mode must stay on the first page. > At least until the next round of evolution. I completely agree with avg@ here. -- Eitan Adler
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