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Date:      Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:57:11 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Improving the FreeBSD-9 boot menu
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201200755330.59184@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109201935510.55031@wonkity.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109201935510.55031@wonkity.com>

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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Warren Block wrote:

> The patch in PR 160818 makes some clarifications and improvements to the new 
> boot menu.  Obviously this is not for 9.0-RELEASE, just wanting to get it out 
> there so people can look at it.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=160818
>
> Among other things, the patch removes the word "boot" from options that don't 
> actually boot.  The options are lined up, and enabled options are drawn in 
> reverse video when loader_color=1 is set in /boot/loader.conf.

Just reminding people about this now that 9.0 is out.  It makes what I 
feel are genuine usability and readability improvements to the boot 
menu.



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