[syslinux] boot once option

[Murali Krishnan Ganapathy]

If you want to use the blank space after the mbr, you can use COM32 to
implement the functionality. I have one such application in
http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~gmurali/gui/ (checkout Autobooting). It
might fit your needs.

- Murali

On 10/7/06, n schembr <nschembr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can someone address the boot once option.  Is it to hard for syslinux to write a flag file to file system or the blank space after the mbr?
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> .conf
>     bootonce Lable /boot/flagfile
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> or
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> .conf
>     bootonce Lable1 /boot/flagfileLable1
>      bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2
>     bootonce Lable2 /boot/flagFileLable2
>
> skip the default  option if the flag file is 0  size.
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> Write something to the flag file.
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> In my case I have no control over the remote box at boot time.  I have had stock linux distrbution  kernals  fail to boot  on my hardware, ie change NIC init order.
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> syslinux has been better at booting my systems than Gr.. or Li..  I'm just looking to solve the failed test boot problem.
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> I understand Bloat is bad, and that ttyUSB is much to big for the small group of usrs with serial consoles.
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> Thank you for the Info on the ttyUSB option.
> If I had the skills, I would try to be of more help,
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> Nicholas A. Schembri
>
> State College, PA USA
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