On Mon, 11.03.13 22:30, Björn Persson (bjorn(a)xn--rombobjrn-67a.se) wrote:
Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Mon, 11.03.13 21:20, Björn Persson (bjorn(a)xn--rombobjrn-67a.se) wrote:
>
> > Peter Robinson wrote:
> > > It use to only be displayed if there was more than one OS configured
> > > or if the CTRL was held down. Having to press a particular key means
> > > you have to get it at the second or two where grub isn't displayed.
> > > The Ctrl option is quite nice as you can do it before the BIOS
> > > disappears.
> >
> > But how are users supposed to discover it?
>
> By hooking this up to keys people would natrually try, such as shift,
> space, enter, escape, or whatever windows does for their boot menu stuff.
I would probably pound frantically on the keyboard trying to hit the
right key during some unknown, short interval. If there were no
interval at all and the right solution were to be holding a key at the
right moment, then I'd probably have about a 50% chance of not pressing
any key at that moment.
Gummiboot is happy if you simply keep them pressed all the time.
Lennart
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Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc.