Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:06:23 -0500 From: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Kernel-Selection Enhancemnt to Boot Menu Message-ID: <5279258F.8030000@pix.net> In-Reply-To: <62E3FA11-E6E1-4072-9226-993FF83EBC0D@fisglobal.com> References: <62E3FA11-E6E1-4072-9226-993FF83EBC0D@fisglobal.com>
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> You can try enabling the beastie menu on sparc64 by editing
> /boot/loader.rc:
>
> === Change #1 in /boot/loader.rc to enable beastie menu ===
>
> Find:
> \ Reads and processes loader.conf variables
> \ NOTE: Change to `initialize' if you enable the below boot menu
> start
>
> Change "start" to "initialize" as shown below:
> \ Reads and processes loader.conf variables
> \ NOTE: Change to `initialize' if you enable the below boot menu
> initialize
>
> === Change #2 in [same file] to enable beastie menu ===
>
> Find:
> \ Uncomment to enable boot menu
> \ include /boot/beastie.4th
> \ beastie-start
>
> Uncomment "beastie-start" as shown below:
> \ Uncomment to enable boot menu
> \ include /boot/beastie.4th
> beastie-start
>
> ======
>
> If you find that making those two trivial changes, that you are able to load
> the menu... then maybe it's time for us to start thinking about enabling the
> beastie menu by-default for the sparc64 architecture.
Seems to work just fine. I tested by booting, toggling through the
different kernel choices (/boot/kernel/kernel /boot/kernel.old/kernel)
and both worked correctly.
(Although I uncommented the "include /boot/beastie.4th" line too.)
> Does anybody else have any thoughts on enabling it for sparc64?
Well, I'd probably be in support of this change - it sure beats having
to interrupt the normal boot sequence and typing:
unload
load /boot/kernel.old/kernel
load /boot/kernel.old/opensolaris.ko
load /boot/kernel.old/zfs.ko
boot
When I need to get back to the prior version of the kernel.
-Kurt
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