Fwd: Daniel Baumann: EXTLINUX as Alternative Bootloader

[Steve Holmes]

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This is the first time I've heard of coreboot; sounds like you could
come up with a talking BIOS maybe?

I do have a grub question though; you know how lilo allows for someone
to temperaily change which label to reboot the machine the next time
it is booted? I've done this on occasion remotely in the past.  Is
there any way to do this with grub? I haven't recognized anything so
far.  That is, basically change the default entry point to boot just
the next time the machine is booted.  I think this sort of thing is
most handy for remote or terminal connections.  Obviously one can 
choose the appropriate boot label randomly at the booting console.

Make sense?

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 01:01:18AM +0000, Jason White wrote:
> Chris Brannon  <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> wrote:
> 
> >Sadly, the phrase "accessible bootloader" is an oxymoron,
> >much like "rap music" or "jumbo shrimp".
> >Thus, no bootloader is accessible.
> 
> Coreboot is the one I would like to try: it places a Linux kernel in the BIOS
> of the machine, then boots from that into the (probably more recent and fully
> featured) kernel on your disk.
> 
> The point is that it might be possible to get Speakup or BRLTTY working in the
> Coreboot environment, though as far as I know, nobody has worked on it.
> 
> This should all become much more interesting when machines and system boards
> become available with Coreboot pre-installed.
> 
> 
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