boot message suggestion

[Pete Graner]

On 10/11/2009 04:57 PM, Gary Palmer wrote:
> I am installing 9.10 Beta on an old Dell Inspiron 2650.  The boot fails
> with an underscore cursor on the screen. The fix is to set acpi=off.
> There used to be onscreen directions for editing the boot command. I
> like that acpi-off is a popup option. It took me only a couple tries to
> realize "press esc" to accept. I am trying to convert a friend to
> Ubuntu, for her it would have been a problem. She would stare at the
> screen not knowing what to do.
> Suggesting- add the words "Esc to continue" or something similar to the
> screen when the boot options menu is being used. Better would be to say
> use the up and down cursores to highlight and enter to select.
> Thanks for a great product!
> Gary Palmer
>

The issue your reporting is bug: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/399844


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