On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 13:46 -0400, Przemek Klosowski wrote: > > In that case, why default to keeping around more than 1 kernel or installing > > memtest86? (We do still install memtest86 by default, right?) > > The usual PC behavior of banging on the keyboard brings the boot menu > even if there is no timeout. Don't laugh: banging blindly on the Not always. This varies between systems. I've personally encountered a system where it's almost impossible to hit the grub menu (neither holding down a key nor random bashing reliably gets you to it, you have to try and time a press precisely, and you only get it about 1 try in 5-10; not a lot of fun), and several people have reported similar systems - including some where it simply seems impossible to get to the boot menu with a 0 timeout - in previous discussions about this. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
