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Subject: Re: Profile rc idea
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Yves Guérin wrote:
> I did something similar to your idea, I custom the boot menu (beastie.4th) to choose between home, office, dhcp and default configuration for my network interface on my laptop.
> I grab the answer or the choice via the kenv system call, and on my rc directory I start my own script just before netif to configure my network depending on the answer I choose at boot time. So I think the idea can be modify for every used that you can dream of.
> 
> I am able to send you my configuration, the boot menu and the rc file.

I really like the idea of leveraging the existing boot menu for this.
Can you send your patches to the list?


Doug