On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 01:10:41PM +0000, Hector Oron wrote: > 2011/3/10 Hector Oron <hector.o...@gmail.com>: > > 2011/3/10 Loïc Minier <l...@dooz.org>: > > >>> 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/ >
though i haven't actually tested it on the efikamx, just on i386. i've heard tell that kexec doesn't work reliably on the efikamx specifically, and arm in general. suppose i need to set up a build environment to build a kernel to actually test it... or hope to see efikamx/sb kernels in debian soon? :) live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110310214915.GE10855@talon.fglan
