CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader
Julian Elischer
julian at elischer.org
Thu Feb 5 20:28:54 PST 2009
Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Hello fellow hackers,
>
> Some of you might remember that I'm working on graphics
> support for our /boot/loader. Unfortunately, progress has
> been rather slow because of non-FreeBSD-related activity.
>
> Anyway, I have now prepared a tarball containing a loader
> binary for public testing. If you are eager to give it a
> try, please feel free to do so. It should work with any
> FreeBSD version on i386 and amd64 platforms.
>
> I have posted detailed instructions on the FreeBSD wiki:
>
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoaderTest
>
> Any kind of feedback is welcome.
>
> Best regards
> Oliver
>
very nice...
BTW most of these things seem to have <ESC> drop out of
graphics mode..
do you have something like that?
(or maybe <ESC> should go to loader prompt...?)
If I had a machine that it didn't work on I think I'd try hitting esc
but I don't think I'd think of F7.
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