On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Jedy Wang wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 02:54 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> >
> > Jedy Wang wrote:
> > >> Sorry if it wasn't clear, but as I see it, there is no need to check
> > >> SMF and do something based on the result. Just reboot (or 'init 6'),
> > >> and the right thing will occur. I don't see that an extra button to
> > >> decide if "fast" or "BIOS/Prom" is necessary, as the vast majority of
> > >> users either won't care or won't understand the difference (and the
> > >> latter will only add to their confusion).
> > > Hi Randy,
> > >
> > > I do not think the option is not necessary. There are several student
> > > intents in the Desktop QE team who work on testing wondering how they
> > > can reboot to grub and enter another BE.
> >
> > So is it really a menu they want of BE's that the command should beactivate
> > before rebooting, so they don't have to wait for the right moment to choose
> > one in grub?
> >
> Hi Alan,
>
> Or entering other OS. But yes, what you mentioned is on our todo list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jedy
>
I still see the problem as being: "Need to boot something else", and
not "Fast reboot support" (it is just that 'reboot -p' allows a
mechanism for selecting "something else"). So if a different OS
selection is on the todo list, then when that is available, this
feature is obsolete. I suspect that efforts are more better directed
at creating a way to select something else, and not expose the
(potentiall) dirty details of how we get there.
Cheers!
---- Randy
