Select kernel in boot menu?

Erratus

Erratus

Is this possible:

Add a menue point where the GENERIC kernel can be selected, when a custom kernel is default?

How could this be created?
 
Try installing a boot manager like grub or (ahhh) lilo. You can configure either of them to boot your various kernels.
 
Another option is to drop to the loader, unload the current kernel and modules, and load the proper ones by hand.
 
Erratus said:
Is this possible:

Add a menue point where the GENERIC kernel can be selected, when a custom kernel is default?

How could this be created?
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I contributed section to section 3.4.1 (second paragraph) of http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/release-build.html

Your custom kernel then becomes a selectable kernel to install, along with GENERIC. Your custom is default, and GENERIC is installed under /boot/GENERIC.

Hope this helps, and good luck!
 
richardpl said:
OP asked to to this in boot menu, and not from loader prompt ...
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Yeah, that's what I want.

If I got it right I have to add to /boot/beastie.4th like this (at proper lines)

Code: 
variable bootgeneric
printmenuitem ."  Boot  with GENERIC kernel" bootgeneric !
dup autostartkey @ = if
                       s" YES" s" bootgeneric" setenv
                       0 boot
               then
But where and how to tell that the GENERIC kernel has to be used? Some more hints?
 
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