BootUtils
BootUtils is a collection of utilities to facilitate booting of Linux 2.6-based systems. The process of finding the root volume either by label or explicit label= on the kernel command line, mounting it, and 'switchroot'ing is automated.
| Tags | Boot |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 11 May 2009 10:45
Changes: This is the first stable release, with support for ext4 and btrfs.
- 01 Jan 2009 21:03
Changes: This release adds support for ext4 by syncing with e2fsprogs 1.41.3. Support for 64-bit platforms works now.
- 17 Apr 2008 13:22
Changes: This release adds support for initng. Parsing of the kernel command line has been fixed. Usage of incorrect headers has been fixed. A fix has been made for forcing single user mode.
- 11 Sep 2007 13:56
Changes: This release adds a raidscan tool that initiates the kernel's software raid auto-detect functionality. It adds some verbosity to switchroot.
- 27 Apr 2007 13:14
Changes: libblkid and libuuid have been updated to e2fsprogs 1.39. Device mapper support has been added.
