[Fedora-livecd-list] Missing boot option: default bootloader

Jeremy Katz katzj at redhat.com
Tue Aug 14 16:47:52 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 10:59 -0400, Patrice Guay wrote:
> I think there is a missing boot option on Live media created by
> livecd-creator: boot from the system default bootloader. Since the Live
> media (CDROM or USB key) created from livecd-creator is not ejected when
> the system is restarted or shut down, the user needs to remove it
> immediately after the system starts up if he doesn't to boot from the
> live media. The option to boot from the system default bootloader would
> be a nice addition for advanced users.

At least for x86, it should be easy enough to add localboot.  It can't
necessarily be guaranteed to work as there's dependencies on the BIOS
not being broken, but we do it for the boot CDs. 

Can you file something in bugzilla and I'll take a look into it?

Jeremy




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