On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm revising some of the bootloader logic for the ISO images. Ubuntu Server > currently seems to be one of the things that just wait indefinitely at the > bootloader (grub or isolinux, depending on what/where you are booting). > > Is anyone against putting a 5 second timeout in the bootloader, such that > the system carries on to starting the installer automatically?
Hi Mathieu, not against the change, but I want to check on a Detail. Is it correct that today it does: A1. boot into bootloader A2. wait forever on users choice And you suggest: B1. boot into bootloader B2. wait 5 sec for users to choose anything special B3. go into the installer (and wait there on the user) If a user can influcence/choose anything in A2 that they can not do anymore in B3 (e.g. special kernel boot options I'd think). Then we should make the timeout on server a bit more than 5 seconds IMHO. The reason I point this out is the (unfortunately usual) combination of slow remote consoles plus 5-10 minute server initialization times. I'm afraid of the admin sitting on a remote server control on a crappy connection for 10 minutes and hitting "oh crap B2 just passed faster than I could see it". Not sure what the right value would be, but 30 seconds seem safer to me and it would still eventually reach B3. > The install would still not do anything more and users would still have a > way to pick a different installer language or keyboard, just straight from > the installer (debian-installer or subiquity), unless they press a key to > cancel the timeout early and select a different option. > > If there are no objections, I'd go and apply this change on Tuesday, > November 28. > > Kindly, > > Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <[email protected]> > Freenode: cyphermox, Jabber: [email protected] > 4096R/65B58DA1 818A D123 0992 275B 23C2 CF89 C67B B4D6 65B5 8DA1 > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- Christian Ehrhardt Software Engineer, Ubuntu Server Canonical Ltd -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
