May be referring to the Launcher tool (along with SSH, XBMC, etc.) that you can load in atv-bootloader's sister tool:
http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/ Note here, if you are setting up on ATV 3.0+ firmware, then need to be sure to read issue #411: http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/issues/detail?id=411 On Jan 9, 3:18 pm, SchneiderIS <[email protected]> wrote: > I may have found a very viable boot between OS's (Dual Boot) > approach. It follows an idea I was hoping to try out some time and I > think ha real promise given that the author appears to have it up and > running. > > http://wiki.github.com/Evinyatar/atvclient/appletvlinux-bootmenu > > The problem I currently have is in that I don't know how to get the > "Script" menu option in the ATV to execute as the author claims. You > wouldn't happen to have any ideas or pointers for me would you? > > On Jan 4, 8:40 pm, jeffphil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> there has to be a way to tell the kernel which partition to boot from and > > >> then be able and change it later. > > > It's telling the boot loader which partition to use to find the > > kernel. Semantics. :) > > > Yes, can set the boot partition using parted: > > > parted -s /dev/sda set ## boot on > > > Where ## is the partition number. Not sure if it's possible to set > > this flag on the > > AppleTV side to switch to booting Linux partition. Perhaps rEFIt? > > > Another option may be to have a small boot partition with same files > > as the pen drive, that > > then has a boot menu that kexec's to your linux or chainloads into > > AppleTV. Could probably > > even add some rudimentary lirc support to be able to change the option > > using a remote.
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