Hi Erich: On 6/5/07, Erich Focht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> any chance you can help adding support for kboot to systemconfigurator? We'd > need a module similar to Grub.pm which builds the kboot config file. I suppose I could, when I have more time later. I guess the hard part is figuring out that the client uses kboot as the boot loader -- how would we determine that? The kboot configuration is typically stored in /etc/kboot.conf, so would checking for the presence of this file be a valid check -- how does SystemConfigurator usually check to see what bootloader a client currently uses? On a related note, David Lombard has a patch for kboot which will allow it to parse standard grub.conf and make kboot boot with that configuration (instead of requiring kboot.conf). > I have no idea how kboot works and have no toy to try it with. Can you > describe that? Is it a config file? Where located? How do you install it? How > do you make kboot look at your config file? Kboot is a bootloader based on kexec. Basically kboot boots up a Linux kernel with some additional user space tools (from busybox or other sources) then it will read the kboot configuration and use kexec to boot the kernel in your HD (or anywhere else). A sample configuration looks like: http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_5.0/video-config.shtml As you can see, it is fairly simple. Currently, my image already has a kboot.conf, so I tell systemconfigurator not to setup the bootloader, and it works fine. However, that means I need to modify the configuration file if I make changes to my partitions etc. -- having systemconfigurator dynamically generate it would be a plus but not a very high priority for me right now. Cheers, Bernard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ sisuite-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
