Re: Grub-devel Digest, Vol 11, Issue 11

Re: Grub-devel Digest, Vol 11, Issue 11

[Serbinenko Vova]

>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:44:24 +0200 (EET)
>From: Aki Tossavainen <cmouse@desteem.org>
>Subject: Feature suggestion to grub
>To: grub-devel@gnu.org
>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0501121144040.9263@youzen.ext.b2.fi>
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>This is something I've been wondering a while, but would it be possible to
>build a "failsafe" system for grub which would work as follows:
>
>When grub loads an image and starts it, it'll write into a well-known
>location value (say: 0), which means that the boot has not succeeded. Then
>the booted system could write using a tool into the same location a value
>(say: 1), which means that the boot succeeded. If the computer is booted
>before the value has been changed, grub would choose next option or
>failsafe
>option to boot.
>
>Does this sound like something that could be made?
>
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>Aki Tossavainen
>cmouse@desteem.org
>
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>
Now I'm writing script engine. In beta version(probably as plans are not 
yet fixed) after I'll write hooks and arrays support. I'll write the 
savedvars module (variables saved in file) and small C-tool to modify it 
from OS. You'll be able to use it to do so. Soon(I think Sunday) I'll 
mail my first(pre-alpha I suppose) version and we'll discuss about 
priorities for future versions

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Vladimir Serbinenko
serbinenko.vova@list.ru
vovas at irc.gnu.org#grub