Yan, I was thinking about this while doing the shopping today (yes
I know I'm sad, but at my age I've given up caring).......
> > I have a TS7200 that we're using for development; we're in the final
> > stages of getting the prototype ready but there are still tweaks going
> > on in the codebase.
> >
> > It would be nice to be able to select a configuration during
> > redboot... similar to grub or lilo.
>
> wouldn't it just :-)
>
> The problem is there is no condition in the redboot "scripting" stuff -
> shame really, but I've not felt the itch strongly enough to do anything
> about it.
.....when I vaguely recalled that RedBoot can be telnet'ed to while at the
RedBoot prompt. So how's this for an idea, a remote boot system....
fconfig the board so it has no default boot sequence.
setup an IP config
on the host machine run an Expect script that reads a
boot config file, puts up a menu, and on user choice, connects to
the board on port 9000 and gives redboot the requisite load and exec
commands to boot the system.
The script could have options to e.g. set/clear default boot option,
alter the Boot Timeout, alter the IP settings etc
This would be fine for developement and demos and would demonstrate the
essential flexibility the product has. If you really want to impress the
suites/managers then I'm sure a GUI front end could be implemented.
cheers
Jim
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