Bug#397985: debian-installer: use kexec for the first 'boot'

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Subject: Bug#397985: debian-installer: use kexec for the first 'boot'
From: Mike Hommey <mh+reportbug@glandium.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:00:54 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20061110220054.25700.82504.reportbug@namakemono.glandium.org>
Reply-to: Mike Hommey <mh+reportbug@glandium.org>, 397985@bugs.debian.org

Package: debian-installer
Severity: wishlist

I think it would be nice if the first boot of the newly installed system
would occur with kexec, avoiding BIOS and boot loader "loss of time".


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

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