On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:48 PM, Devin Teske wrote:
>       Replacement Boot-Loader: twitpic.com/4e46ol
> 
> NOTE: The final release will have a single-user mode option.

This looks really cool.  Nice to see a fresh look for the boot loader...

> The new menu allows for more flexibility as selecting options 2 ("Boot 
> Verbose") or 3 ("ACPI Support") independently toggles the status, updates the 
> menu item, and redisplays the menu -- ever-waiting until the user ultimately 
> presses ENTER, "1", or escapes to the prompt and types "boot". Thus, one 
> could potentially launch single-user mode with verbosity on and ACPI disabled 
> (if one so desired).
> 
> In addition, I really tried to capture the essence of the new logo (spent 
> months off-and-on using different conversion programs with different inputs). 
> In the end, I found text-image.com produced the best result. I used the 
> official freebsd.org/logo.html Standard Logo (black and white), cropped (to 
> 122x123) and converted to jpeg with white background. I used an "Image Width" 
> of 45 in their "Convert into ASCII" program available here: 
> text-image.com/convert/ascii.html

This looks cool...

> I would be distributing this as an installable package (perhaps in the ports 
> tree if it gains popularity).

That would be nice...

Warner

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> Cheers,
> Devin Teske
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