[Arm-netbook] Questions

[Christian Kellermann]

* Christian Kellermann <ckeen at pestilenz.org> [160804 16:21]:
> * Wolfgang Romey <hier at wolfgangromey.de> [160804 16:17]:
> > Hello Christian,
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, 4. August 2016, 15:07:28 schrieb Christian Kellermann:
> >
> > > > Can I boot different OSs?
> > >
> > > Of course! This is a free device and you can install whatever happens
> > > to run on the A20. Have a look at the updates section where Luke has
> > > demonstrated different OSs running on the card already.
> >
> > I did not made clear, that I asked for a double boot system: Parabola from the
> > NAND and debian from the SD-Card for example (and sugar-OS from another card).
> > Or is double-boot from one sd-card possible?
>
> Whatever you tell U-Boot to boot will be possible. Given the sices of
> the SD cards available the possibilities are (not really)
> endless. Although there is no smooth boot selection menu as known by
> other systems (You'd have to code that yourself).
>
> The boot order of the NAND and SD Card depends on the settings of the
> ROM code. IDK whether that's been changable easily. But I think the SD
> card gets preferred so whatever U-Boot you start from there will be
> able to also boot from NAND...
>

One could probably use a bootmenu like this:
http://lightofdawn.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/KexecBootMenu

HTH,

Christian

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