[syslinux] [PATCH 0/3] v2: mbr: Ctrl-key press forces load from first hard disk
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Fri Apr 3 09:43:31 PDT 2009
Geert Stappers wrote:
>>>
>> I did a slightly different version of the same idea which got the
>> overhead down to 9 bytes and pushed that onto a new "ctrl-mbr" branch of
>> the upstream git tree.
>
> How to send "ctrl" throug a serial console line?
>
Can't be done... really, none of those state-dependent kinds of things
can be done through a serial line.
However, the idea still has merit, since it seems like the #1 devices
which are affected by this are USB sticks, which are less likely to be
used remotely.
-hpa
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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