NAME¶

default.colo - default configuration file for CoLo

DESCRIPTION¶

By default, CoLo will look for the file /boot/default.colo located on the partition of your hard drive which is marked bootable. If this configuration file exists, CoLo will execute all commands found therein. The default.colo file is therefore typically used to load a kernel from a specific partition (with an EXT2/3 file system) and to execute this kernel, possibly passing it some boot parameters.

COMMANDS¶

The most important commands are:

mount [partition]

 

Mounts the selected partition as an EXT2/3 file system. The partition argument is a Linux style device name (for example, hda2). If omitted, the first partition marked as a bootable Linux partition will be mounted. If no partition is marked bootable the first Linux partition will be mounted.

 

load path [path]

 

Load the specified file into memory. An optional second file can be specified that will also be loaded and used as an initrd image.

 

execute [arguments ...]

 

Starts executing the ELF image that is in memory. If the image is compressed with gzip, it will be uncompressed automatically. Any arguments given will be passed to the executed program (usually the kernel).

 

SEE ALSO¶

A listing and explanation of all possible commands which can be used in CoLo's configuration file can be found at /usr/share/doc/colo/README.shell.

FILES¶

/usr/share/colo/examples/default.colo - a sample default.colo configuration file

AUTHOR¶

Peter Horton <pdh@colonel-panic.org>