maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Introducing ubiboot N9 (multiboot OS loader)

juiceme	2013-08-27 , 16:06
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Originally Posted by Garp

Does it mean that even if I have Open mode right now I need to flash to get the ubiboot-2 kernel?

Yes, ubiboot is a loader kernel.
It is not a "user-kernel", in a way that it is meant to be a boot loader 1st stage, which then launches your "real" kernels which run your OS.
Think of it like Grub or LiLo, or Uboot.

Originally Posted by Garp

Or even if I have the old stuff: "zImage.pr13: (not recommended) before Ubiboot was published, this was the latest zImage being used for dual-booting or multi-booting NITDroid."
It's not enough to avoid flash to get new kernel?

Under ubiboot, you then select/load the 2nd stage kernel, this can be plain open mode kernel, old-style nitdroid kernel, enhanced kernel+NAT, enhanced Nitdroid kernel, whatever.

Ubiboot is just the method to select between all these kernels (and of course the OS that the kernel runs, as default it can be Harmattan, Nitdroid or Nemo. Later maybe something else too... FFOS, SailfisOS, Tizen,...)

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