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Date:      Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:55:29 -0800
From:      "Chris H" <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com>
To:        "blubee blubeeme" <gurenchan@gmail.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD current" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: kernel names
Message-ID:  <557f416fc12e0af38cc7da5c7a57932a@udns.ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <CALM2mE=_76KGhBXK3N0BZe%2B5UdcKGaGh37DFfpRbbkS88uVV4g@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:47:13 +0800 "blubee blubeeme" <gurenchan@gmail=2Ecom> =
said

> When you boot into FreeBSD and you can select kernels, there's only 2
> options:
> default and kernel=2Eold
>=20
> Is there a way to have better output and support multiple kernels without
> having to login to the system and running uname -v or something like that=
?
>=20
> Would it be possible to add options for more kernels from that boot menu?
There sure is! How's your forth?
Honestly, it's an extremely simple, yet powerful language=2E All the old
Macintoshes used it (think BIOS)=2E You could then simply add as many
kernel entries as you felt you needed=2E
OTOH You could simply break to the boot loader, and pick any kernel you
wanted=2E :-)
All of this also assumes you're manually making copies of the kernel(s)
your interested in saving=2E As a default install kernel only backs up
the previous one -- but you already knew that=2E :-)

HTH

--Chris





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