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uwedamm

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Registered: 2013-08-27

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Reboot from ICEWM, automatically starting other operating system?

Hello together,

I want to setup some button in ICEWM, which would reboot the computer to another operating system
(using syslinux)

Is that possible? Where can I find some documentation, which would help me to do that?

thank you

Uwe

thegala

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Registered: 2013-08-27

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Re: Reboot from ICEWM, automatically starting other operating system?

You can make a script that change default syslinux OS in syslinux.cfg.

DEFAULT your_OS

You can execute that script with ICEWM from toolbar launcher.

But this is really unnecessary becasue you can select OS in syslinux menu at boot.

Doc:you can find all at arch wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux
https://wiki.archlinxu.org/index.php/IceWM

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progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: Reboot from ICEWM, automatically starting other operating system?

You don't change the syslinux config. You should use the syslinux binary (.exe on Windows) to set --once or --menu-save. (man syslinux) For the latter see the section menu save in /usr/share/doc/syslinux/menu.txt

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uwedamm

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Registered: 2013-08-27

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Re: Reboot from ICEWM, automatically starting other operating system?

@thegala,
changing the syslinux.cfg is quit a nice idea, it works fine in the one direction, but currently I cannot access my linux partition from windows system so the way back is not possible

@progandy
sudo syslinux --once arch /dev/sdasudo syslinux --once arch /dev/sda
gives the following error message:
> At least one specified option not yet implemented for this installer.
Have you got an idea
syslinux --version
> syslinux 4.07  Copyright 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al

by the way: many thanks for the feedback!

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: Reboot from ICEWM, automatically starting other operating system?

Arch installs extlinux by default (if you used syslinux-install_update), so this should work:

sudo extlinux --once arch /boot/syslinux

Edit: If you want to modify this setting from windows, you'll have to do take those bits of code from extlinux and make a windows executable. Then mount your boot partition with ext2fsd and have fun.

Last edited by progandy (2013-08-28 21:59:35)

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uwedamm

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Registered: 2013-08-27

Posts: 3

Re: Reboot from ICEWM, automatically starting other operating system?

many many thanx!!! works perfect, now I have got a button to reboot2win

best regards
Uwe