[Devil-linux-develop] [PATCH] linuxrc

[Tim T. <t....@co...>]

Tim Tait wrote:

>
> I made what I think is a few enhancements to the linuxrc script... now 
> this is my 1st attempt at any real script mods, so I may not have it 
> all correct.
>
> First is simple, I have it check floppies for a config 1st, thus 
> allowing someone to temporarily test new configs by overiding one 
> stored on a HD. Probably be good to check other removeable media list 
> USB 1st too but thats trickier. I don't think this raises a security 
> risk, cause if someone can put floppies into your machine they can do 
> a lot worse too.
>
> 2nd, if you have multiple possible sources of  the configuration file, 
> if it's not on the first one, it halts the boot to prompt if you want 
> to write a default one to it. This is really bad, because it hangs the 
> system on an unattended reboot. So I tweaked the script to check all 
> media 1st, then if none was found do a 2nd pass to look for blank 
> media. Of course lastly it still checks the CDROM. Is it possible to 
> pass the config source from grub as option, like it works for  
> "root=/dev/hda1"?

2nd try with "unified diff" attachment. I couldn't get the cvs diff -run 
to work, sorry.

Tim