Re: -DEMERGENCYDISKBOOT does not work

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de>]

Ken Yap wrote:
> 
> >Ok, setting MAX_BOOTP_RETRIES to 3 did the job.
> >Still it would be 'nice to have' the possibility of aborting etherboot
> >with ESC.
> 
> Hmm, it should already do that? There's this line in await_bootp():
> 
>         if (iskey() && (getchar() == ESC)) longjmp(jmp_bootmenu,1);

If etherboot is still looking for a server, hitting ESC displays:

<abort>
Issuing RESET:

and then again scans for a server. If you git ESC a second time, nothing
happens.

If the menu is already displayed, the menu is restarted.

But you have no chance to abort etherboot and boot from floppy/disk.
Again, this is no problem for me, and disabling local boot could well be
considered a security feature. However, it would be nice to have this
configurable.

Heinrich

Heinrich Rebehn
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