Boot prompt

[Janina Sajka]

Syntha Voice could do that because it had a fully loaded OS.

The installer's boot> prompt comes up even before the linux kernel.
There's next to nothing loaded at that point.

Which doesn't mean there couldn't be a beep, but we'd have to mangle the
boot loader code to do that. So far, our approach has been to do the
least that's necessary to get things working.

Also, there are numerous other options which can be provided and are
useful sometimes. So, there's more going on here than just finding the
hardware synth.

For example, you can specify network connections, or params to do nfs,
ftp, or http based installations. Or, you might be starting a kickstart
installation. Etc.



jim grimsby writes:
> 
> OK. I'm aware how much extra effort it is to get the boot params in at
> the right time when you don't have a beep from your bios to signal you.
> In fact, I generally prefer to edit my boot script to include my params,
> even at the cost of creating a new iso image for booting.
> Hi, well here is an idea note it is only an idea I have no idea how to
> go about implementing it at this point but maybe it is some thing for
> kerk to think about. Now I have to go in to  some of my personal history
> with another os. 
> Once long long ago there was a company in ca called synthavoice.  The
> install program for there slimware package would detect your synthesizer
> by sending out index marks and then would wait tell the synthesizer sent
> them back if it got the right mark back it then new to use this
> synthesizer.  Each time a mark was sent out the computer speaker would
> beep letting you know the marker had been sent.  If no synthesizer was
> found it would then give a sharp beep tone.  
> End of history.  
> Now I am aware that the beeps would not help me in this situation but if
> the boo iso file had such a system then all the user would have to do is
> get the pc to boot. Note note note this is not criatsism of the currant
> way things work thing work good as it is just an idea to make things
> work a little smoother. Also this would help all speakup users who have
> modified iso files.