Re: Help autobooting FreeBSD 4.2

[Daniel Pittman]

OKUJI Yoshinori <address@hidden> writes:
>
> From: Daniel Pittman <address@hidden> Subject: Re: Help
> autobooting FreeBSD 4.2 Date: 11 Jan 2001 19:12:18 +1100
>
>> When I last installed GRUB (0.5.96.1), "setup" wouldn't put the path
>> I wanted for my 'menu.lst' file in automatically. (I want
>> /grub/menu.lst).
>>
>> So, without "install" I wouldn't have been very happy with GRUB. With
>> it I was able to get what I wanted.
>
>   That was just a bug in setup_func and fixed by Jochen. So that is
> not a good reason to keep the command.

Ah. I had not realized that. I though (incorrectly, I see :) that the
behaviour I got was by design. I am happy to see it works now. 

>> I would (as a user) like to see the functionality kept even if the
>> command changes some.
>
>   Yes, of course. What I mean isn't to prohibit the user from
> customizing his/her boot environment in an arbitrary way. Rather, my
> aim is to provide a simpler and safer interface for ordinary users. 

[...]

>   So perhaps it is necessary to remove "install" and add the same
> features into "setup" by extra options, such as "--config-file=FILE". 
> This way, we will be able to say good-bye to the legacy interface
> without losing any good feature.

This is a good and sensible thing, I think. Thanks for doing this work. :)

        Daniel

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