[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] skip interactive boot menu if only one bootdevice present

Jonathan A. Kollasch jakllsch at kollasch.net
Sat Apr 30 16:46:08 CEST 2011


On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 03:33:59PM +0200, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
> 
> "Sebastian Herbszt" <herbszt at gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Sven Schnelle wrote:
> >> There's no point in presenting a menu to the user if there's
> >> only one option to choose from. In that case skip this menu
> >> to save some waiting time during boot.
> >
> > The case if there's only one option to choose from might be an error
> > (e.g. device not detected, misconfiguration). Just skipping the menu
> > doesn't sound like the correct choice.
> 
> How does the boot menu help you in that case?

It doesn't help you, but it at least lets you confirm the problem.
Also, not showing the F12 prompt probably kills off the splash screen.

	Jonathan Kollasch



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