To answer some of your questions. Yes you can choose the runlevel at boottime in linux. In grub you can add the parameter init=4 (or other level of course) to boot your own custom boot level.
Bart --------- Original Message -------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Freevo-users] Dual Booting Conundrum Date: 18/08/03 11:25 > > > > > > > > Hi guys, (sorry for the long winded > message... hope you dont truncate!) > > Im soon going to go all out and make the Mini-ITX > motherboard etc I have run linux and Freevo (I'm thinking Freepia for > ease?) > > Anyway, the problem is, I also like to use a > REGULAR install of linux and windoze on my system, but dual booting a media box > isnt the best solution > > What I was therefore thinking is > this... > 1) Buy a compact flash > ide > adapter > 2) Put it on the secondary IDE, set it to > slave > 3) Set the bios to boot in this > order -Sec > Slave -Pri > Master > 4) Install a bootloader on the Compact flash > media > 5) Have freevo/linux as the main OS that > boots by default, and then have windoze and a normal linux install under different partitions... which could be booted from the CF Media. > > Therefore, when I put the CF card in, I could > chose which OS to load, but without, the normal OS and freevo would load.... > correct? > > Just wondering has anyone else tried > this? > > Also, as another question, I know that with all > media boxes, space (hard drive) is an issue, so, i was thinking... > is it possible to have ONE SINGLE Linux OS on the > system, and then allow TWO SEPERATE run levels, one to be executed as standard > (5 i assume) ---> which would move directly into Freevo, and the other which > would be executed by the bootloader on the compact flash?? > > Is it possible to pass parameters to the kernel > such as run level, FROM a bootloader? This would be much easier (I > assume) and save on space... then I could mess about with Freevo from > within the same system. > > Thanks in advance for any > ideas/advice. > Graham Balharrie > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
