Hi, 2011/3/10 Hector Oron <[email protected]>:
> 2011/3/10 Loïc Minier <[email protected]>: >>> 1. Chainload boot, at first boot load the usual kernel then call the >>> new one with kexec, if everything is fine then the user can replace >>> old kernel with new kernel, else the kexec call fails and leaves you >>> with old kernel. >> Sure, that's a nice approach; kexec doesn't work reliably on all >> platforms though, but that would be an option for platforms which >> support it. There are various efforts to provide such an UI, petitboot >> or kboot for instance. More info about this, vagrant implemented a proof of concept for the Efika devices to kexec boot into other kernels via initramfs-tools. < http://people.debian.org/~vagrant/efika/initramfs-tools/ > Cheers, -- Héctor Orón "Our Sun unleashes tremendous flares expelling hot gas into the Solar System, which one day will disconnect us." -- Day DVB-T stop working nicely Video flare: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100510.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=SoNxCDUS2nyn=xd9BSA+iBOsbzv�[email protected]
