I found so far no key combination to make my current ARM based Netbook - NPX-9000 - boot from another device, and all by itself it isn't doing anything even remotely looking like it'd be booting from external devices
kexec isn't present by default on the NPX-9000 - I'd have to check if it'd work from a chrooted environment. And a chroot'ed environment isn't exactly my dream as the init-system doesn't work - process "init" isn't process 1. That carries a few problems, like the power down process not working by default and such. Anyway: Thank you very mch, I'll try kexec rom a chroot'ed environment. Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2009 schrieb Kapil Hari Paranjape: > Hello, > Do you really want to modify the bootloader? There probably *are* > other ways to run your chosen O/S on the system. > - If the system supports booting from external drives then you could > boot the system from the network or USB or ... > - If the kernel that is on the system supports "kexec" then you > could get it to load a different kernel after booting. > - Since the system is already running linux you may just get what > you need using a chroot containing debian. > > Regards, > > Kapil. > -- -- Rüdiger Leibrandt -- Rüdiger Leibrandt Am Hang 6 27356 Rotenburg Germany Cel.: +49 (0) 170 6885664 Fax.: +49 (0) 1212-5-463-40-536 --- Unknown: Windows Vista, definition: 64 bit emulator for 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
