[OLPC-devel] Re: just tested new buildrom with linuxbios version 2376

[Jordan Crouse]

On 15/08/06 09:02 -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> Jordan Crouse wrote:
> >On 14/08/06 21:35 -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> >
> >>Looks nice. I like the progress bar.
> >>
> >>I do miss the icons, however; too bad.
> >
> >
> >THey didn't come up when you hit ESC?  Ack!
> 
> no. It drops to a shell.

I can't reproduce this.  We do have the problem that non esc key presses
advance the timer by a second - so its possible you're killing the timer
and then not booting from NAND or USB.  I'll add a fix for that.  

> >
> >
> >>If you hit a char and drop into the shell, then try to run buildrom 
> >>again, it won't work. Any idea why?
> >
> >
> >You mean bootmenu?  Because you need to be in the /bin directory.  Stupid
> >nit of mine that I never fixed.
> 
> trust me, I know that. Just try it. Hit a char, drop to shell, cd /bin, 
> run bootmenu. It comes up but if it tries to boot anything .... back to 
> the shell you go.

Thats by design - boot menu only shows the pictures and returns return values
corresponding to your choice.  Check the return value from bootmenu - 0 means
timeout, -1 means error, and 1-4 corresponds to the chosen item on the menu.

Jordan

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Jordan Crouse
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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