[Cbe-oss-dev] petitboot testing release

[Geoff Levand]

I uploaded another testing build of Jeremy Kerr's new multi-ui
petitboot.  This release is a stable testing version.

I found a bug in my last release (testing-09.04.17) related to
the kexec --append option, so anyone using that version should
upgrade.

As requested by users, I added an 'o' hot key to open a new empty
boot option in the option editor.

Download from:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-petitboot/testing/

File formats are:

 *.elf, .elf.gz - 2st stage kernel to load with installed bootloader.
 *.bld - 1st stage kernel to program into PS3 flash memory.

If you get a blank screen on startup, try the video mode hot key '+'
to cycle through some common video modes.

You can set the auto boot timeout by exiting petitboot and using the
ps3-bl-option utility.  To set a 30 second timeout use this:

  ps3-bl-option -O 30 

To enable telnet login to the PS3, use this:

  ps3-bl-option -T 1 

Not working parts:

  o GUI client
  o removable media notification
  o bluetooth
  o wireless networking
  o other

If you need to recover:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-howto/ps3-boot-recovery-howto.txt

About Petitboot:

	Petitboot is a Linux kexec based bootloader with both
	graphical and command-line user interfaces. The OpenWRT
	Petitboot package has configuration options that can be
	used to specify which Petitboot components to build, and
	can also be used to specify that Petitboot should be run
	automatically at system start-up.

	Petitboot supports loading Linux kernel and initrd images
	from any device that can be mounted by Linux.  It can
	handle gzipped images and can also load images from the
	network using TFTP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, and SFTP.  Petitboot
	looks for bootloader config files on mountable devices in
	the system, and also uses the boot configuration sent to
	it from a DHCP server.

-Geoff