On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 11:53:48PM -0400, jameyelgin@aim.com wrote:
I don't know if this already went out to the list cos I've just signed up and I haven't gotten a copy of it back yet so I'm reposting...
Basically, has anyone tried using Grub as a payload...
It wouldn't work well since Grub relies on legacy BIOS interrupt services AFAIK.
Instead, I'd suggest using FILO. See http://linuxbios.org/index.php/FILO
I haven't delved much into this yet but seems to me I would have to rebuild a new LinuxBIOS image and flash it if I want to change where the kernel is loaded from (partition or filename) or any other build-time options.
Yes, that is by design. So far LB has been used mostly in systems where interaction is undesirable/disallowed/impossible.
Also, has anyone thought about putting in some kind of configuration utility as is found by pressing Delete or F2 or whatever on regular BIOS'?
See above answer.
Please help improving the design though. How would you like a "setup" to work? What would you like to be able to set? (Give it some good thought in case you were about to list what your proprietary BIOS can do.)
//Peter