Subject: Re: unattended cdboot
To: None <hubertf@gmx.de>
From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>
List: current-users
Date: 07/17/2005 22:22:50
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:25:43 +0200 (CEST)
Hubert Feyrer <hubertf@gmx.de> wrote:

> In article <200507131607.30909.junyoung@netbsd.org> you wrote:
> > > I would like it if the keypress was optional, too.
> > 
> > I think everybody is already familar with the keypress, isn't he? :-)
> 
> No.
> With the current floppy-emulation mode it boots properly without user 
> interaction, and so it should with the new way. interaction == bad!
> 
> Maybe add some compile-time option or so to force the keypress, but it 
> should default to off.

I agree.  And I'd rather have a config file where one puts options like keypress, verbosity or/and countdown time.
Also something like installboot option to say what console type to use to show the output.

> 
>  - Hubert