second-stage bootloader for Thecus N2100?
Hi,
Are there any plans to add some kind of support for a two-stage boot
to Thecus N2100?
At present kernel+initrd are stored in flash on this platform, and so
obviously have to be updated on every change. Redboot then boots
these directly. The root is stored in the initrd (this avoids having
to twiddle RedBoot variables on install, etc.., I gather).
What would be the best way to have some kind of support for retaining
old kernel/initrds and booting those? (And is anyone working on
this?)
Possible methods:
- APEX support for N2100 (??) (as a 2nd stage)
- A small, static Linux env in flash to act as bootloader via kexec ?
(suggested by suihkulokki on #debian-arm)
- custom N2100 bootloader
- ?
The 2nd one seems the easiest to hack together - though possibly not
the fastest boot (but probably not so much extra to matter).
Has anyone looked into any of these options?
regards,
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