From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) Subject: Re: "Automagic" shoelace Date: 15 Jul 1992 22:09:31 GMT
In article <X59XNB5w165w@ssg.com>, unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) writes:
> I don't understand something about shoelace: how do I set it to just drop
> through to the prefered partition (Linux, of course) on booting up? If I
> type the desired partition number (2), things run as they should but I need
> to boot up Linux without user intervention. Have I been too impatient in
> waiting for it to time out or something like that?
Try looking in linux/boot/bootsect.S
> On a slightly related topic, where's the script that controls choosing
> between SVGA and normal modes? I'd like to drop through to the desired
> mode automagically here, too.
That would be in linux/boot/setup.S
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