[syslinux] boot kernel via function key

ganapathy murali krishnan gmurali at cs.uchicago.edu
Thu Jan 22 16:37:03 PST 2004


Philipp Michels wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I setup pxelinux, a bootsplash and a help screen (F1). Now i would like that 
> F2 boots the default kernel. It is possible to assign F2 to boot a kernel? I 
> did not found this topic in the syslinux.doc. 
> 

Write a comboot program, which prints the contents of the F1 file, reads 
a line of input and passes it to SYSLINUX. Meanwhile, trap the function 
key and act accordingly.

- Murali






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