Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-16 Thread Tom Evans
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Andriy Gapon 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 t

Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-16 Thread Andriy Gapon
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 co

Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-16 Thread Tom Evans
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > My main idea is that the present Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5 is a very > good menu . Instead of destroying its elegant structure , the already > available FreeBSD Boot Loader ( actually Kernel selection ) menu could be > improved

Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-14 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > On May 14, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk < > m.e.sanlit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Michael Reifenberger < > m...@reifenberger.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> this looks very promising! >> >> While you are worki

Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-14 Thread Devin Teske
On May 14, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Michael Reifenberger > wrote: > Hi, > this looks very promising! > > While you are working on the loader front currently, > would it be possible to implement a "Boot kernel.old" > menue item that unlo

Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-14 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Michael Reifenberger wrote: > Hi, > this looks very promising! > > While you are working on the loader front currently, > would it be possible to implement a "Boot kernel.old" > menue item that unloads all current loaded modules and re-loads > everithing from /boo

Re: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-14 Thread Michael Reifenberger
Hi, this looks very promising! While you are working on the loader front currently, would it be possible to implement a "Boot kernel.old" menue item that unloads all current loaded modules and re-loads everithing from /boot/kernel.old? Its difficult to handle manually in the loader (esp. handlin

RE: [RELEASE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.5

2011-05-13 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: Devin Teske [mailto:dte...@vicor.com] > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 6:22 PM > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Cc: '兰清'; 'Alexander Leidinger'; 'Dieter BSD'; Teske, Devin > (devin.te...@fisglobal.com); Julian Elischer (jelisc...@fusionio.com); 'Warner > Losh' >