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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] init-live.sh: allow users to choose the boot action
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On 07/10/2013 04:32 PM, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 10/07/13 08:12, Qi.Chen@windriver.com wrote:
>> From: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
>>
>> Previously, the boot action for live images was totally determined
>> by the LABEL value in the boot parameters (/proc/cmdline).
>>
>> This behavior is not very convenient for users. The user may just want
>> to drop to a shell for troubleshooting the live image, or the user may
>> want to try to install the live image while the LABEL value is 'boot'.
>>
>> We should provide the users a chance to choose the boot action when
>> the live image starts up.
> I am not entirely clear on why this is needed, the LABEL kernel cmdline
> parameter is set up by syslinux, and its value can be specified by the
> user from the syslinux prompt. If what you want is a more user friendly
> menu, then I think the correct solution would be to tweak the syslinux
> config, rather than to create a duplicate boot menu in the init script.
>
> Tomas
>
>
I agree.
Thanks for providing this info.

//Chen Qi