Re: [Devil-linux-develop] [PATCH] linuxrc

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Tim Tait wrote:
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> Tim Tait wrote:
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>>
>> 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"?
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> 
> 2nd try with "unified diff" attachment. I couldn't get the cvs diff -run 
> to work, sorry.

I just checked out the cvs diff command, it's very limited....

Heiko