Re: Suggestion for boot message on install media
Brook Milligan <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Aug 2020 09:49:15 -0600
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> On Aug 7, 2020, at 9:27 AM, Martin Husemann <[email protected]> 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