on 17/02/2009 12:25 Nick Hibma said the following: > You are aware of nextboot(8)? That you could use to specify the 'kernel' to > load on next boot. > > Also boot.config(5) might be of use.
Thanks a lot, these are very useful. But I am still thinking about an interactive menu where I could e.g. press '9' to go to "Utilities" and then could select memtest86 or memtest2009 or cputest :-) >> I'd like to add an entry to my loader menu to load/execute memtest86 >> instead of a kernel. It is built as standalone ELF executable, of course. >> >> Currently I go to a loader prompt and do: >>> unload >>> load /boot/memtest86 >>> boot >> Where should I look to get this into the forth code? >> >> Suppose I want to extend this approach. >> What would be a good name for subdirectory to put such tools? >> What would be a good way to add a sub-menu for such tools? >> >> Also, my current approach means that loader still first loads a standard >> kernel and its modules and then replaces them with memetest86. How to >> get to a loader menu without pre-loading anything? > > -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ 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"
