Well the item file would need to be ITEM_NAME="Maemo Backupmenu" ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28-omap1 ITEM_MODULE=ext3 That would boot maemo normally, Then maybe adding ITEM_INITRC="path to backupmenu.item" Might launch bootmenu for you. Although, I am thinking backupmenu.item might have to be renamed and possibly modified as ITEM_INITRC tells multiboot which init program to execute when switching over to root. There is no way to tell the existing multiboot of boot options as such so that is the only way I can see at the moment. I was going to install backupmenu and have a play around to see if I could work anything out but it depends on bootmenu which conflicts with multiboot. Edit: Not sure how easy it is to change multiboot's code to make them work together or how busy he is, but JAY-C is the creator of multiboot so it might be worth contacting him to see if there is anything you can work out between you to get the two to intergrate? Edit 2: Especially if backupmenu is just a shell script, as he may be able to add support for running a script prior to booting?