Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

2017-09-24 Thread Lee Fisher
On 09/24/2017 06:11 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > [...] > Four of the references will do nicely to update my 1970's > preconceptions [...] I should have also mentioned 3 other key documents: NIST SP 800-147, 800-147b, 800-155, and the recent 800-193. These are NIST's attempt at securing the system f

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

2017-09-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/23/2017 05:02 PM, Lee Fisher wrote: On 09/23/2017 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. [...] I don't know of any x86/BIOS/Debian-centric doc that meets your needs. Here are some related doc

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

2017-09-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/23/2017 05:02 PM, Lee Fisher wrote: On 09/23/2017 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. [...] I don't know of any x86/BIOS/Debian-centric doc that meets your needs. Here are some related doc

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

2017-09-23 Thread Richard Owlett
g hidden by the leaves on the branches". Browsing historical links from <https://joeyh.name/code/> suggest my peculiar goals may have been used ~10 years ago. TIA What are you actually after Quite literally "A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS" ;} I

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

2017-09-23 Thread Lee Fisher
On 09/23/2017 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something > that takes a broad view of the boot process. [...] I don't know of any x86/BIOS/Debian-centric doc that meets your needs. Here are some related docs (includes EFI/UEFI not just BIOS, some o

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

2017-09-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 11:19:17AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad > view of the boot process. I've found much on the fine details, but "the > forest is being hidden by the leaves on the branches". Browsing historical > lin

A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

2017-09-23 Thread Richard Owlett
I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. I've found much on the fine details, but "the forest is being hidden by the leaves on the branches". Browsing historical links from suggest my peculiar goals may hav