Fwd: Daniel Baumann: EXTLINUX as Alternative Bootloader

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Just edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file while already booted into Linux. 
It should talk as well as any other text file in your favorite editor.

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Steve Holmes wrote:

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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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