diff --git a/libemile/emile_second_set_param.c b/libemile/emile_second_set_param.c
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+/*
+ *
+ * (c) 2006 Laurent Vivier <LaurentVivier@wanadoo.fr>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "libemile.h"
+
+int emile_second_set_param(int fd, char *kernel, char *parameters, char *initrd)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int drive, second, size;
+	char *configuration;
+	off_t offset;
+
+	/* can work on an image or directly on second level file */
+
+	ret = emile_first_get_param(fd, &drive, &second, &size);
+	if (ret == EEMILE_UNKNOWN_FIRST)
+	{
+		/* should be a second level file */
+
+		ret = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+		if (ret == -1)
+			return -1;
+	}
+	offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+
+	configuration = emile_second_get_configuration(fd);
+	if (configuration == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (kernel != NULL)
+		emile_second_set_property(configuration, "kernel", kernel);
+
+	if (parameters != NULL)
+		emile_second_set_property(configuration, "parameters", parameters);
+
+	if (initrd != NULL)
+		emile_second_set_property(configuration, "initrd", initrd);
+		
+	emile_second_set_property(configuration, "vga", "default");
+
+	ret = lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+	if (ret == -1)
+		return -1;
+
+	ret = emile_second_set_configuration(fd, configuration);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	free(configuration);
+
+	return 0;
+}