Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 09:50:41 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin@shxd.cx> To: Idwer Vollering <vidwer@gmail.com> Cc: "dteske@freebsd.org" <dteske@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boot menu's kernel chooser always lists kernel.old Message-ID: <15FBEC62-3DB8-4A58-9E7A-C6B783D669D7@shxd.cx> In-Reply-To: <CAPp9OrnYNyMGRsuZQ_NZ7SoXz2KX0-fWq9L1SyuH2BbzAdEWpg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPp9OrkgfUr3xZPd7LuDs3e-__vCE1iLAAmCA2D_ume1L6iQew@mail.gmail.com> <CAPp9OrnYNyMGRsuZQ_NZ7SoXz2KX0-fWq9L1SyuH2BbzAdEWpg@mail.gmail.com>
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> 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. 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 So if you really didn't want kernel.old to be shown you can add kernels=kernel to /boot/loader.conf But should you suddenly create a kernel.old, the value will need adjusting to show it as an option once-again. The value of kernels is not dynamically driven but must be manually maintained either by a script or a Human. -- Devin
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