booting/loading a tool, not kernel

[Andriy Gapon]

on 17/02/2009 12:25 Nick Hibma said the following:
> You are aware of nextboot(8)? That you could use to specify the 'kernel' to 
> load on next boot.
> 
> Also boot.config(5) might be of use.

Thanks a lot, these are very useful.
But I am still thinking about an interactive menu where I could e.g.
press '9' to go to "Utilities" and then  could select memtest86 or
memtest2009 or cputest :-)

>> I'd like to add an entry to my loader menu to load/execute memtest86
>> instead of a kernel. It is built as standalone ELF executable, of course.
>>
>> Currently I go to a loader prompt and do:
>>> unload
>>> load /boot/memtest86
>>> boot
>> Where should I look to get this into the forth code?
>>
>> Suppose I want to extend this approach.
>> What would be a good name for subdirectory to put such tools?
>> What would be a good way to add a sub-menu for such tools?
>>
>> Also, my current approach means that loader still first loads a standard
>> kernel and its modules and then replaces them with memetest86. How to
>> get to a loader menu without pre-loading anything?
> 
> 


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Andriy Gapon