Just edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file while already booted into Linux. It should talk as well as any other text file in your favorite editor. On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > This is the first time I've heard of coreboot; sounds like you could > come up with a talking BIOS maybe? > > I do have a grub question though; you know how lilo allows for someone > to temperaily change which label to reboot the machine the next time > it is booted? I've done this on occasion remotely in the past. Is > there any way to do this with grub? I haven't recognized anything so > far. That is, basically change the default entry point to boot just > the next time the machine is booted. I think this sort of thing is > most handy for remote or terminal connections. Obviously one can > choose the appropriate boot label randomly at the booting console. > > Make sense? > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 01:01:18AM +0000, Jason White wrote: >> Chris Brannon <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> wrote: >> >>> Sadly, the phrase "accessible bootloader" is an oxymoron, >>> much like "rap music" or "jumbo shrimp". >>> Thus, no bootloader is accessible. >> >> Coreboot is the one I would like to try: it places a Linux kernel in the BIOS >> of the machine, then boots from that into the (probably more recent and fully >> featured) kernel on your disk. >> >> The point is that it might be possible to get Speakup or BRLTTY working in the >> Coreboot environment, though as far as I know, nobody has worked on it. >> >> This should all become much more interesting when machines and system boards >> become available with Coreboot pre-installed. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAksjr4oACgkQWSjv55S0LfFRaQCffXFTxAZ8XqiX/VwaUvjbopbv > Pc8AoJHEraiV9wqewWKXE3MRPudkN8YA > =bA+R > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
