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Releases: eupnea-project/kexec-bootloader

v0.2 - Kaboot is ready for cli

10 Jan 12:37
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Kexec-Bootloader is a bootloader based on kexec and modified eupnea linux kernel mainly think for Chromebooks in mind.
The bootloader analyse a given grub.cfg to display a menu of options to boot. The path to this is given in kernel parameters.
Full support for root= specification (i.e. you can pass a root=PARTUUID=xxxxxx or root=PARTLABEL=xxxx, etc ...).
The grub.cfg will be look for in : /boot/grub /boot /grub /efi /BOOT /GRUB (in this order)
The bootloader is now fully automated with only jump to cli interfaces/distro for now.
Step to test it :

  • Sign and flash the image on ChromeOS Kernel Partition with as flags root={wherever is your grub.cfg on}
  • Boot
  • Choose your entry
  • Enjoy !

v0.1 - A first preview

04 Jan 11:06
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Kexec-Bootloader is a bootloader based on kexec and modified eupnea linux kernel mainly think for Chromebooks in mind.
The bootloader analyse a given grub.cfg to display a menu of options to boot. The path to this is given in kernel parameters.
Full support for root= specification (i.e. you can pass a root=PARTUUID=xxxxxx or root=PARTLABEL=xxxx, etc ...).
Since this is just a preview no boot process automation is set up to allow user to debug themselves.
Step to test it :

  • Sign and flash the image on ChromeOS Kernel Partition with as flags root={wherever is your grub.cfg on}
  • Boot
  • Sign in (user:root passwd:root)
  • bash /lib/kaboot/main.sh
  • Choose your entry
  • kexec -e with eventually some options
  • Enjoy !

Adding bash implementation in buildroot

28 Dec 11:13
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Add bash to packages of buildroot.

Shouldn't be used.
User: root
Password: root

Adding drm i915 (correct) implementation

26 Dec 21:43
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Fixed a bug in script for missing space at the end of overlays in linux config.

Shouldn't be used.
User: root
Password: root

First Preview of kaboot

20 Dec 21:10
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Shouldn't be used.
User: root
Password: root