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Date:      Thu, 09 May 2002 11:58:20 -0700
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@mass.dis.org>
To:        Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nextboot loader diff 
Message-ID:  <200205091858.g49IwKI3002052@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 May 2002 00:51:36 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205090040130.558-200000@smtp.gnf.org> 

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> I've finally learned enough forth to put together a diff to implement some 
> nextboot functionality in the loader.
> 
> Basically, the loader peeks into the first line of /boot/nextboot.conf to 
> see if nextboot_enable="YES" is there. If it is, it reads the entire 
> config, then rewrites the first line to nextboot_enable="NO"

Don't do this.  Put the variables directly into loader.conf.  There's no 
need for another file.

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