Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:28:57 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Kernel-Selection Enhancemnt to Boot Menu Message-ID: <52792AD9.2010200@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5279258F.8030000@pix.net> References: <62E3FA11-E6E1-4072-9226-993FF83EBC0D@fisglobal.com> <5279258F.8030000@pix.net>
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On 11/05/13 11:06, Kurt Lidl wrote: > >> 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. Is there a way to make this work even without the beastie menu? A way to interrupt the boot before kernel load (even holding down a key) would be really valuable, even on systems that do not support fancy terminals with colors and such. -Nathan
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