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Date:      Mon, 16 May 2011 15:50:27 +0300
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5
Message-ID:  <4DD11D93.2070307@FreeBSD.org>
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on 16/05/2011 14:34 Tom Evans said the following:
> I disagree entirely, the boot loader knows nothing of kernels

Eh?  Maybe I misunderstand what you are saying, but:

set kernel=kernel.old
boot

IMHO, it shows that you can tell the loader about kernels.
Having a kernel-choice sub-menu would be convenient.

-- 
Andriy Gapon



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