On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Andriy Gapon <a...@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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. >
s/boot loader/boot manager/ My bad for the confusion. The loader should definitely know about kernels; the boot manager, which knows about BIOS bootable drives/partitions only, should not. Cheers Tom _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
