Bug 263172 - boot loader menu: boot environments: present an orderly list of environments from which to choose
Summary: boot loader menu: boot environments: present an orderly list of environments ...
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
URL: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-sr...
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Reported: 2022-04-09 06:52 UTC by Graham Perrin
Modified: 2022-04-09 07:46 UTC (History)
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Screenshot: OmniOS community edition boot loader (11.82 KB, image/png)
2022-04-09 06:52 UTC, Graham Perrin
no flags Details
Screenshot: menu option 8 (11.29 KB, image/png)
2022-04-09 07:12 UTC, Graham Perrin
no flags Details

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Description Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-04-09 06:52:11 UTC
Created attachment 233090 [details]
Screenshot: OmniOS community edition boot loader

Please consider enhancing FreeBSD boot loader menu option 8 (boot environments) to present: 

* a list of available environments. 

Compare with, for example, the 2017 screenshot of OmniOS CE (attached, from <https://omnios.org/assets/images/BootEnv.png>). 

If possible, please sort the list by date of creation. 

Thanks
Comment 1 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-04-09 07:12:41 UTC
Created attachment 233091 [details]
Screenshot: menu option 8

Current behaviour after taking menu option 8
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From <https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/535243>: 

> … it's necessary to key 2 – sometimes repeatedly, until the required 
> environment is listed as active.
> 
> There can be a sense of disorder in response to the key presses, so pay 
> close attention to each name that appears on the line.
Comment 2 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-04-09 07:46:05 UTC
Prior implementation (Forth): 

⚙ D3167 Autogenerate list of ZFS Boot Environments in the beastie menu
<https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3167?id=11822>

<https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/f1aba489c111c6622f8e66ed9af5591ba5562bdf> (by allanjude@ 2015-12-31)

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