Re: More info about petitboot? - was {Re: Can grub be made to talk?}

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 07/24/2019 06:07 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Richard Owlett, le mer. 24 juil. 2019 05:57:55 -0500, a ecrit:
> > On 07/24/2019 01:40 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > [snip] - petitboot is an interesting approach: you boot a Linux kernel
> > > that
> > >     only runs petitboot, and there you can run a screen reader such as
> > >     brltty. That can then boot the real kernel for the targetted system.
> >
> > I had never heard of petitboot.
> > The information at:
> >    https://packages.debian.org/buster/petitboot
> >    https://manpages.debian.org/buster/petitboot/petitboot.8.en.html
> > is just enough to tantalize.
> >
> > It may be appropriate for a personal project.
> > I have a machine dedicated to multiple experimental Debian installs.
> > If I read the above links correctly, petitboot will allow me to chose any
> > system installed on the primary drive or connected flash drives.
> >
> > Suggested links?
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility#Complete_accessibility
>
> Samuel

Thank you. That will aid me in installing/setting-up petitboot for 
initial experiments. Analyzing how petitboot.sh works should answer 
questions I don't yet have context to ask.

I was looking for link(s) discussing petitboot itself rather than 
particular applications of it.