Fwd: Daniel Baumann: EXTLINUX as Alternative Bootloader

[Steve Holmes]

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Well sure, you can edit the file but then you have to change it back
the next time you boot.  Lilo had an option where you could change the
default for the next time you boot and then every time after that, it
would automatically revert back to the original default.  I used to
use this to remotely boot my computer to come up in Windows when my
keid were shareing tha machine.  Of course, to get it back to linux, I
would have to reboot when I get home and then Lilo would simply come
back up with linux as the default again.

I'm just curious if grub had such a feature.  Certainly not a
requirement for me these days but just wondering just the same.

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 04:09:27PM -0500, Pia wrote:
> 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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