On Wed, 18 May 2005, Matthias Buelow wrote: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > > The next release should: > > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S,v > [...] > > Obviously the Right Way of doing such things is to move this into the > 2nd stage boot loader... I can't think of any reason (except quick > hackery) why this hasn't been done that way. I mean, one could retain a > simple choice of which disk/partition to boot in the 1st stage (to cover > all eventualities), and maybe hide it by having to hit a key, and do the > real menu in the 2nd stage, perhaps integrated with the kernel options > boot menu.
Then the space problem just migrates. There's a limited amount of space in the disklabel for bootblocks and I think we're pushing that. If you want pretty menus, there's a large number of boot managers available. Someone showed me one at BSDcan and I don't recall the name offhand. Even had beastie icons. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
