Re: Another multibooting option for the FAQ

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Marc Espie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:02:27PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
>> John Danks wrote:
>> > I just realized this one recently. Most modern BIOS allow you to press
>> > a key on the POST screen and choose a boot device, even a specific
>> > hard drive.
>>
>> I question your use of "most"...
>> a lot (maybe most) "build from component" systems, yes.
>> Name brand hardware?  not sure at all about that.
>>
> Case in point: dell machine at work. Can boot from device. Two disks inside
> -> no such luck, cannot choose disk.

Neither does the Optiplex 380 here. However, I think there are enough
machines that do offer it that it's worth at least a sentence in the
FAQ.

> Well, you *have* to have a way to convert people to OpenBSD. You're
> certainly NOT going to get them to switch their machine directly (and
> there are more and more laptops out there).

Funny, I don't ever recall seeing a developer concerned about
converting people to OpenBSD before ;)