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Cc: rank1seeker@gmail.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Active slice, only for a next boot
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On Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:49:17 pm rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:
> After having a thought about this issue and also currently looking at a 
BootEasy boot manager ...
> 'boot0cfg' is almost perfect for this task and should/could be "exploited".
> 
> It's '-o noupdate' already does a major task, of keeping main slice active.
> Now all we need is a flag, through which we specify slice to boot (replacing 
human presing button).
> From that point on, existing code simply proceeds with received value.
> 
> '-o noupdate' ensures next boot will bring up main/active slice.

You mean like 'boot0cfg -s 4'?

-- 
John Baldwin