Gentoo Archives: gentoo-catalyst

From: Stephen Ward <sjward@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-catalyst] x86 nofb option
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:21:36
Message-Id: 36c6ff840707021220g4fe8436elad2c9e55e471a9d2@mail.gmail.com
1 I would really like to make an x86 LiveCD that defaults to booting without
2 framebuffer support. I've noticed that catalyst, by default, creates an
3 isolinux.cfg file that defaults to a kernel that boots with framebuffer.
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5 The options I've come up with are:
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7 1) Adjust my kernel config file so that framebuffer support simply isn't
8 present. The drawback to this is that the boot menus would still indicate
9 that there are two distinct boot options: "gentoo" and "gentoo-nofb".
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11 2) Tweak /usr/lib/catalyst/targets/support/bootloader-setup.sh so that it
12 generates an isolinux.cfg file that doesn't give the user the option to boot
13 with framebuffer support. The drawback to this, obviously, is that if I
14 ever upgrade to a newer version of catalyst, this would likely break.
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16 Has anyone dealt with this problem before? Am I trying to swim upstream?
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18 Thanks,
19 Stephen