Bootmenu for Pegasos
====================

Bootmenu is a boot selector for the Pegasos platform written in
Forth. A simple configuration file specifies the set of operating
system choices and the commands used to boot each one.

You can send bug reports, comments and suggestions to:

Jorge Acereda Macia <jaceredausers.sourceforge.net>


Installation
------------

1) Copy 'bootmenu' and 'bootmenu.conf' to one of the partitions
   accesible by SmartFirmware. You may want to choose the "less
   volatile" partition.

2) Edit bootmenu.conf and customize it to suit your needs. See the
   Syntax section for details.

3) Test the configuration. In SmartFirmware, type:

  boot hd:<your-partition-number> bootmenu

4) If you're not satisfied with the results, go to 2)

5) In SmartFirmware, type:

  setenv boot-device hd:<your-partition-number>
  setenv boot-file bootmenu

6) Enjoy!


Usage
-----

Just use the cursors to select the desired option. Pressing <RETURN>
will execute the corresponding command.


Syntax
------

The configuration file accepts the following commands:

 <string>
   Comment line

timeout <N>
   Sets the timeout to N seconds

print <string> 
   Prints the string. You can use escape characters for the string if
   you use a decent editor. This allows you to assign colors to the
   lines in the menu.

command <string> 
   Turns the preceding "print" line into a choice and associates a
   command to it.

drwxr-xr-x jacereda/users    0 2005-01-31 17:37 bootmenu/
-rw-r--r-- jacereda/users  839 2005-01-31 17:37 bootmenu/bootmenu.conf
-rw-r--r-- jacereda/users 1436 2005-01-31 17:37 bootmenu/bootmenu.readme
-rwxr-xr-x jacereda/users 4502 2005-01-31 17:37 bootmenu/bootmenu