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Fabry	2010-12-30 , 02:32
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Originally Posted by RobbieThe1st

I haven't read -everything-, but before I install this:
Is there a way to create a boot option that launches a shell-script with the rootfs mounted? I'm looking for a way to make BackupMenu compatible with U-boot.
Also, can I use a shell-script to start the various OS's? I'd like to see about making a GRUB-style boot menu.

U-Boot can load and boot a kernel plus an initrd (ramdisk) file.

When a Kernel starts with an initrd usually executes /linuxrc file (script) which must be present on ramdisk

So theorically should be simple to convert BackupMenu V2, which already use a ramdisk internally, to use U-Boot

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