Can someone address the boot once option. Is it to hard for syslinux to write a
flag file to file system or the blank space after the mbr?
.conf
bootonce Lable /boot/flagfile
or
.conf
bootonce Lable1 /boot/flagfileLable1
bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2
bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2
skip the default option if the flag file is 0 size.
Write something to the flag file.
In my case I have no control over the remote box at boot time. I have had stock
linux distrbution kernals fail to boot on my hardware, ie change NIC init
order.
syslinux has been better at booting my systems than Gr.. or Li.. I'm just
looking to solve the failed test boot problem.
I understand Bloat is bad, and that ttyUSB is much to big for the small group of
usrs with serial consoles.
Thank you for the Info on the ttyUSB option.
If I had the skills, I would try to be of more help,
Nicholas A. Schembri
State College, PA USA
If you want to use the blank space after the mbr, you can use COM32 to implement the functionality. I have one such application in http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~gmurali/gui/ (checkout Autobooting). It might fit your needs. - Murali On 10/7/06, n schembr <nschembr at yahoo.com> wrote:> Can someone address the boot once option. Is it to hard for syslinux to write a flag file to file system or the blank space after the mbr? > > .conf > bootonce Lable /boot/flagfile > > or > > .conf > bootonce Lable1 /boot/flagfileLable1 > bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2 > bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2 > > skip the default option if the flag file is 0 size. > > Write something to the flag file. > > In my case I have no control over the remote box at boot time. I have had stock linux distrbution kernals fail to boot on my hardware, ie change NIC init order. > > syslinux has been better at booting my systems than Gr.. or Li.. I'm just looking to solve the failed test boot problem. > > > I understand Bloat is bad, and that ttyUSB is much to big for the small group of usrs with serial consoles. > > > > Thank you for the Info on the ttyUSB option. > If I had the skills, I would try to be of more help, > > > > Nicholas A. Schembri > > State College, PA USA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >
Looks cool. Can you use readker.c32 with extlinux? ----- Original Message ---- From: Murali Krishnan Ganapathy <gmkrishn.uofc at gmail.com> To: n schembr <nschembr at yahoo.com> Cc: SYSLINUX at zytor.com Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2006 2:55:20 PM Subject: Re: [syslinux] boot once option If you want to use the blank space after the mbr, you can use COM32 to implement the functionality. I have one such application in http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~gmurali/gui/ (checkout Autobooting). It might fit your needs. - Murali On 10/7/06, n schembr <nschembr at yahoo.com> wrote:> Can someone address the boot once option. Is it to hard for syslinux to write a flag file to file system or the blank space after the mbr? > > .conf > bootonce Lable /boot/flagfile > > or > > .conf > bootonce Lable1 /boot/flagfileLable1 > bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2 > bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2 > > skip the default option if the flag file is 0 size. > > Write something to the flag file. > > In my case I have no control over the remote box at boot time. I have had stock linux distrbution kernals fail to boot on my hardware, ie change NIC init order. > > syslinux has been better at booting my systems than Gr.. or Li.. I'm just looking to solve the failed test boot problem. > > > I understand Bloat is bad, and that ttyUSB is much to big for the small group of usrs with serial consoles. > > > > Thank you for the Info on the ttyUSB option. > If I had the skills, I would try to be of more help, > > > > Nicholas A. Schembri > > State College, PA USA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >