[haiku-commits] Re: r35050 - in haiku/trunk: docs/userguide/en src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:28:42 +0100
On 2010-01-13 at 17:20:35 [+0100], Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> -- Vincent Duvert, on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:16:57 +0100:
> > I've applied the userguide patch on the translation site. Thanks!
>
> I just did the German update. While doing it, I was wondering if it's not
> too much information.
>
> "To enter the Boot Loader options, you have to press and keep holding the
> SHIFT key before the beginning of Haiku's boot process. If you have a
> boot manager installed, you can start holding the SHIFT key before
> invoking the boot entry for Haiku. If Haiku is the only operating system
> installed, you can start pressing SHIFT while you still see boot messages
> from the BIOS."
>
>
> Isn't the first sentence enough?
> Before this patch, the particular moment to start pressing SPACE was
> critical. If at all, the description in the past should have been more
> precise. Now that it's more relaxed, I don't know if it's not
> complicating things more to give the various start-to-press moments
> depending on the configuration.
> With "before the beginning of Haiku's boot process" we would seem to be
> on the safe side.
It is documentation about a critical moment. If you ever have a need to
enter the boot menu, you will probably enter there without chance for doing
it wrong. I see no problem in being verbose, especially if things can be
misunderstood or at least raise doubts. Are you sure your grandmom knows
when exactly the "Haiku boot process" starts? :-) The rest of the
explaination makes that clear, IMHO.
Best regards,
-Stephan
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