> I'm trying to envision when I or others might want those > options to appear and what value they add. First, I don't > think equivalent options with LILO are possible because LILO > needs to be "rebuilt" after editing the lilo.conf file. > Normal users can't do that on-the-fly. Similarly, editing > the GRUB menu.lst file on-the-fly is impossible too. > > The only time those options could actually have effect is > when the user is logged in and using TDE as root. Using TDE > as root does not bother me although I know some people have > heart attacks and start frothing with such topics. > Regardless, the point here is I don't see when those options > become useful in the TDE shutdown dialog. > > As mentioned, what is so challenging as to wait until the > GRUB menu appears and then selecting the desired option? > Further, when the default option needs to be changed, then > somebody with admin privileges can login and edit the > menu.lst file. > > I have both options in my menu.lst file so I can test both > command line and graphical logins. I am struggling to see > why those options are in the shutdown dialog when they can't > be changed anyway by normal users. Do we need a bug report to properly resolve this conversation? Darrell