HEADS-UP: Boot Loader Interface Fixes

[Devin Teske]

On Nov 15, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Daniel Eischen wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Devin Teske wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Nov 15, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Daniel Eischen wrote:
>> 
>>> I always disliked adding the large FreeBSD logo and beastie
>>> to the boot screen.  Nearly 3/4 of the real-estate is that.
>>> 
>> 
>> echo "loader_logo=none" >> /boot/loader.conf
>> echo "loader_brand=none" >> /boot/loader.conf
> 
> Yeah, yeah, I know :-)
> 
> But if it wasn't the default and you had more
> real-state, would that change your menus?
> 

The menu just wasn't designed to handle more than 8 configurable options with a static optional "Reboot", bringing the max to 9 total.

Giving more screen real estate won't change that and it's non-trivial to extend the code to allow items in the A-Z range.


> BTW, I do like your menus, and could get used to
> them.  I would just prefer everything on the same
> screen.
> 

I find I rarely (if ever) use those options (beside single-user -- which was elevated to new heights in this patch).

One of the things I like about this new menu is that it restores the 8.x functionality that if you press "s", you immediately boot into single-user (unlike 9.0 and 9.1 where you'll have to press "s" then Enter -- if this patch makes it into HEAD in time for 9.2, I'll MFC and 9.2+ will act like 8.3 and older).
-- 
Devin

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