Re: Creating my own BBC disk

This is from a couple of weeks ago - I just got caught up on my mail.

>>> This would make for a nighttime unattended backup. But in order to do
>>> it I need to modify BBC to boot up without asking questions, run Mondo,
>>> and reboot, with no user input.
>>
>> This is certainly possible, except perhaps for the hard disk boot
>> part. We are still investigating how to get the system to eject the
>> CD when the machine is rebooted (or at least optionally to eject the
>> CD).
>
> This may not be sufficient, as many machines (mine among them)
> close the CD tray when the machine starts up.


I don't know if this is still an issue or if it got taken over to the development
board, but here's an idea:

Use GRUB, and have the config file be on a filesystem that the production
OS (the one to be backed up) has access to.

Either have the backup process and the production OS take turns overwriting
the file, each saying the other should boot, or use the altconfigfile option and
have the prod OS delete the configuration file. 

Hope this helps,

Charles Lacour