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/sbin/kexec -l /boot/$KERNEL --append="$KERNELPARAMTERS" --initrd=/boot/$INITRD; sync; /sbin/kexec -e
2009-08-03 07:36:49
User: olorin
Tags: Linux boot kexec
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If you are doing some tests which require reboots (e. g. startup skripts, kernel module parameters, ...), this is very time intensive, if you have got a hardware with a long pre-boot phase due to hardware checks.

At this time, kexec can help, which only restarts the kernel with all related stuff.

First the kernel to be started is loaded, then kexec -e jumps up to start it.

Is as hard as a reboot -f, but several times faster (e. g. 1 Minute instead of 12 on some servers here).

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=446 count=1
2009-06-07 10:29:49
User: dcabanis
Functions: dd
Tags: dd grub boot usb
0

If you don't want your computer to try to boot form a USB stick that used to be used as a boot device (maybe for a live linux distro), you will have to remove the boot loader from your stick other wise the boot will fail each time the device is attached to your PC.

convert image123.png -colors 14 -resize 640x480 grubimg.xpm
2009-03-12 22:55:10
User: starchox
Tags: Linux grub boot
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* size must be 640?480 pixels

* only has 14 colors

* save it in XPM format

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add

splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/grubimg.xpm

make sure for your path name and hard disk