23 Apr
1999
23 Apr
'99
1:05 a.m.
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Brian Pawlowski wrote:
In one sense, I regret adding these features - since it is truly a break from the design of a simple box (the original design was that a floppy was required to access maintenance menu - I did an incomplete end run - but the remote console operation precludes floppy loading, so what is the real requirement here?)
The variable does not imply booting from a floppy. It implies booting in diagnostic mode from whatever the boot device happens to be (floppy, net, disk, perhaps a serial port (?)). "boot-floppy" may be a misnomer, but it is EXTREMELY usefull with remote consoles and not usefull very much when booting from floppies.
Tom