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Re: Suggestion for boot message on install media




> On Aug 7, 2020, at 9:27 AM, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 09:19:57AM -0600, Brook Milligan wrote:
>> I'm not really familiar with the difference between the bootblacks on
>> the install media and the "normal" ones, but I'm pretty sure the very
>> first bootblack banner says something like "BIOS" or "UEFI" in the top
>> line.  Am I hallucinating?  Is it possible to show that?
> 
> The bootblocks are the normal ones, but the boot.cfg file specifies a menu
> and clears the screen before that, so the info is not really visible.
> 
> The menu content (and boot.cfg file) is the same for both methods, and
> I'm not sure its worth to add variable expansion there (so we could
> disply $BOOTMETHOD or whatever).

OK, so that's where it goes.  Makes sense.  If possible, something like your other suggestion would be helpful nonetheless.

Cheers,
Brook



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