Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 18:12:03 -0700 From: <dteske@FreeBSD.org> To: "'Idwer Vollering'" <vidwer@gmail.com> Cc: dteske@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: boot menu's kernel chooser always lists kernel.old Message-ID: <000d01cf7a11$d8da6da0$8a8f48e0$@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPp9Orm5ZGRh4-BL0gC=jMQ3mKe96EQDaVmfj7oG5%2Bs7g7vDBw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPp9OrkgfUr3xZPd7LuDs3e-__vCE1iLAAmCA2D_ume1L6iQew@mail.gmail.com> <CAPp9OrnYNyMGRsuZQ_NZ7SoXz2KX0-fWq9L1SyuH2BbzAdEWpg@mail.gmail.com> <15FBEC62-3DB8-4A58-9E7A-C6B783D669D7@shxd.cx> <CAPp9Orm5ZGRh4-BL0gC=jMQ3mKe96EQDaVmfj7oG5%2Bs7g7vDBw@mail.gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Idwer Vollering [mailto:vidwer@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 4:12 PM > To: Devin Teske > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; dteske@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: boot menu's kernel chooser always lists kernel.old >=20 > 2014-05-27 18:50 GMT+02:00 Devin Teske <devin@shxd.cx>: > > > > > >> On May 24, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Idwer Vollering <vidwer@gmail.com> = wrote: > >> > >> 2014-05-24 22:41 GMT+02:00 Idwer Vollering <vidwer@gmail.com>: > >>> When trying to boot /boot/kernel.old/kernel while the directory > >>> kernel.old is absent, this text is shown: "error while including > >>> /boot/menu.rc, in the line: > >>> menu-display". > >> > >> Forgot to include build details, here they are: FreeBSD 10-STABLE > >> r266623 > > > > Simple... don't try to boot kernel.old if it doesn't exist. > > If you are unsure if it exists, don't select it. If you select It = and > > get the aforementioned error, it doesn't exist. >=20 > kernel.old does not exist on this installation. >=20 Correct you are. > > > > There is no seatbelt for the kernel selection menu. > > It displays the kernels listed (separated by white space or comma) = in > > the $kernels environment var which defaults to "kernel kernel.old" = in > > the file /boot/defaults/loader.conf (you can override the value by > > setting kernels in /boot/loader.conf >=20 > Correct, however $kernels is commented out: >=20 > $ grep -i kernels=3D /boot/loader.conf /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/defaults/loader.conf:#kernels=3D"kernel kernel.old" # Kernels to = display > in the boot menu >=20 Correct... it's a place-holder to show you the default value. Approximately 41% of /boot/defaults/loader.conf is just place-holders showing you the defaults. --=20 Devin
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