[PC-BSD Dev] kernel choise boot menu. beastie.4th file

[Kris Moore]

On 05/31/2011 11:17, Yuri Momotiuk wrote:
> Hello
>
> I did some changes to beastie.4th file to add kernel choice boot menu. 
> You can see screens and additional info at my wiki: 
> http://www.assembla.com/spaces/pcbsd-extras/wiki/kernels_menu
> If you want to enable kernels menu add /kernelmenu_show="YES" /to 
> loader.conf
> To enable kernel.old menu item add / kernelold_show="YES"/  to loader.conf
> To enable kernel.pcbsd menu item add /kernelgeneric_show="YES"/  to 
> loader.conf
>
> The next step is adding script to rc.shutdown which checks /boot 
> directory for available kernels and then apply changes to loader.conf
>
> As you can see I add generic kernel menu entry (for kernel.pcbsd). 
> IMHO adding generic pcbsd kernel to default distribution is a the good 
> think. Kris, can you add that kernel?
>
> PS. You can found my current beastie.4th file in attachment. It is 
> still under development. I hope to finish work during the next week or 
> two.
> -- 
> Best regards, Yuri Momotyuk

This is very cool! How does this show up on the main screen? Does it 
still have the other options, like vesa / acpi and such, and then a 
"change kernel" option?

With this in place I do think it makes sense to add a generic kernel 
option as well. I'll add some glue to the build server to do that, so we 
have a /boot/kernel.generic on the system as well.

Let me know when you have it finished enough for testing :)

-- 
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
iXsystems

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