[LinuxBIOS] reliable boot loader
Stefan Reinauer
stepan at coresystems.de
Sat Mar 31 20:14:10 CEST 2007
* Peter Stuge <stuge-linuxbios at cdy.org> [070331 18:11]:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 09:28:24PM +0100, Capt Beany wrote:
> > The "threat" im looking to prevent is power loss /
> > brain fade during an upgrade rather than deliberate
> > corruption or bit failure of the boot medium.
>
> Ok! Your checksum scheme would work perfectly for making such
> atomic kernel updates.
>
> I think adding it to FILO is a good idea.
or rather grub2,.. ?
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