Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:02:39 +0000 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.co.uk> To: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall disks.c Message-ID: <3A64D30F.44A6A0DB@freebsd-services.co.uk> References: <80855.979537248@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <200101150746.f0F7kBQ00937@mobile.wemm.org> <20010115131934.D67095@lucifer.bart.nl>
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > > -On [20010115 08:50], Peter Wemm (peter@netplex.com.au) wrote: > >Jordan Hubbard wrote: > >> Well, last time we settled the issue, the consensus was that the > >> feature should stop being "waved" at users (e.g. they should not be > >> asked) but that an obscure key sequence be added for getting at > >> dangerously dedicated mode. > > > >Hmm, well, that works for me too. I've got a variation that changes > >the 'magic' key sequence to be 'F' (all FreeBSD) that isn't on the menu > >(just like the '|' wizzard mode). If you press A, you get a conventional > >fdisk table. If you press 'F', you get asked for DD mode. > > Hmm, undocumented and not visible key sequences. =\ > > I never liked easter eggs anyway. Can't we just display those keys with > the appropriate caveats displayed? I think that's a reasonable point, it should be documented in the handbook/manpage but not waved in front of new users at install time. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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