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On 10/10/13 1:05 AM, Teske, Devin wrote:
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> I'm late to the party again ;D (didn't realize the rcs thread had turned BE)
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> Both problems can be solved.
> The loading of the kernel *after* choosing your boot device is trivial.
> We've been doing it at $work for *years* (almost a decade?)
>
> I can put that in, whenever. Probably at the same time as implementing
> the live/dynamic BE menus for selecting the root device.

yeah it always pisses me of when the menu comes up after the kernel is 
loaded because 99% of the time, I'm in the menu because I want to boot 
a DIFFERENT kernel..

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