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After having a thought about this issue and also currently looking at a =
BootEasy boot manager ...=0D=0A'boot0cfg' is almost perfect for this task =
and should/could be "exploited".=0D=0A=0D=0AIt's '-o noupdate' already =
does a major task, of keeping main slice active.=0D=0ANow all we need is =
a flag, through which we specify slice to boot (replacing human presing =
button).=0D=0AFrom that point on, existing code simply proceeds with =
received value.=0D=0A=0D=0A'-o noupdate' ensures next boot will bring up =
main/active slice.=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0ADomagoj Smol=E8i=E6