Re: OT: MBR programming
charkee berekeke <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:34:20 -0800 (PST)
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--===============1407426990== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1314804050-1134718460=:26490" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --0-1314804050-1134718460=:26490 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable discreet's exactly the word to describe what I'm looking for. I was wonde= ring if a bootloader could stay in the background and would only be loade= d if a certain key,say F10, is pressed during boot-up, much like pressing= DEL to enter BIOS during start-up. But I don't want it to wait for keybo= ard input,it would just boot directly to a default OS,say win98,if that c= ertain key is not pressed during a certain window in time. So the boot pr= ocess would be as normal and staid and innocuous as possible to any avera= ge pc user,except for that teeny interval ( which is too short to cause a= larm ) where the MBR waits for that "secret" key input.Now,is that possib= le? =20 TIA, charkee =20 Holden Hao <[email protected]> wrote: On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 05:33 -0800, charkee berekeke wrote: > i was just wondering if i could recreate the mbr so it would boot by > default on a=20 > specific OS, say 98, but will execute a bootloader if a certain key is > pressed during=20 > a certain interval in the boot-up process. I only want to restrict use > of an IBM-PC. If you boot with grub you will be presented with a boot menu and you can choose which OS you like. But perhaps what you want is something more discreet. You can use LiLo which by default will not list any options. You can name your secret OS as "W". When you reach the LiLo prompt you can type "W" and press enter. --=20 Holden Hao=20 _________________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Newbie Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph =20 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=20 http://mail.yahoo.com=20 --0-1314804050-1134718460=:26490 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <DIV>discreet's exactly the word to describe what I'm looking for. I was = wondering if a bootloader could stay in the background and would only be = loaded if a certain key,say F10, is pressed during boot-up, much lik= e pressing DEL to enter BIOS during start-up. But I don't want it to wait= for keyboard input,it would just boot directly to a default OS,say win98= ,if that certain key is not pressed during a certain window in time. So t= he boot process would be as normal and staid and innocuous as possible to= any average pc user,except for that teeny interval ( which is too s= hort to cause alarm ) where the MBR waits for that "secret" key= input.Now,is that possible?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>TIA,</DIV> <= DIV>charkee</DIV> <DIV><BR><B><I>Holden Hao <[email protected]= ></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dreplbq style=3D"PADDING-LE= FT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Thu, 2005-1= 2-15 at 05:33 -0800, charkee berekeke wrote:<BR>> i was just wondering if i could recreate the mbr so it would boot by<BR>= > default on a <BR>> specific OS, say 98, but will execute a bootlo= ader if a certain key is<BR>> pressed during <BR>> a certain interv= al in the boot-up process. I only want to restrict use<BR>> of an IBM-= PC.<BR><BR>If you boot with grub you will be presented with a boot menu a= nd you can<BR>choose which OS you like. But perhaps what you want is some= thing more<BR>discreet. You can use LiLo which by default will not list a= ny options.<BR>You can name your secret OS as "W". When you reach the LiL= o prompt you<BR>can type "W" and press enter.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Holden Hao <H= [email protected]><BR><BR>_________________________________________= ________________<BR>Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Newbie Mailing L= ist<BR>[email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph)<BR>Read = the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists<BR>Searchable Archives: http://= archives.free.net.ph<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>=20 <DIV><BR></DIV><p>__________________________________________________<br>= Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protectio= n around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com=20 --0-1314804050-1134718460=:26490-- --===============1407426990== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _________________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Newbie Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph --===============1407426990==--