On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:07:22AM -0500, BandiPat wrote:
Robert Millan wrote:
I'd keep it a bit less technical. Something like "rescue mode" or
"recovery mode".
Suggestions?
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I think either of those may work better. Either better describes the
level the machine boots to, yet will be less confusing to the user as to
why it's in the list.
Uhm the current "single-user mode" string is inspired by the one in debian's
original update-grub script, which used to be "recovery mode" but was changed
in 2006:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=370110
I guess it'd be polite to ask Martin about it before switching to
"recovery mode" or "rescue mode".
Martin, our problem is that "single-user mode" is very confusing for those
not experienced with Un*x. They tend to think this is the normal mode of
operation since they are (usually) a "single user".
Any comments?