New Boot-Loader

[Zhihao Yuan]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Paul Schenkeveld <freebsd at psconsult.nl> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:48:03PM -0700, Devin Teske wrote:
>> Hi fellow hackers,
>>
>> I'm designing an open-sourced replacement boot-loader for FreeBSD. I feel that the existing options in the boot-loader menu today can be whittled down significantly with a stateful menu system rather than a single-action item menu system.
>>
>> In designing the new menu, I'd like to get your opinions. From old:
>>
>>       FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE: twitpic.com/4e485w
>>
>> to new:
>>
>>       Replacement Boot-Loader: twitpic.com/4e46ol
>
> Very nice!
>
> Could you consider changing the number options to letters: v=verbose,
> a=acpi, s=single ...

I agree. Vim-like actions make sense here.
And also, I want command completion...

>
> Having many (hundreds) of machines to manage it's confusing to need 6
> for boot prompt on older versions and 5 on the newer where 6 on the
> newer reboots.  Moving from digits to letters with digits resulting in
> either a beep or a pause saves a lot of frustration for sysadmins
> already annoyed by the ever increasing POST delay rapidly pressing
> <ENTER> <ENTER> 6 when the boot0 menu appears.
>
> Thanks for your work!
>
> Paul Schenkeveld
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Zhihao Yuan
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