Date   : Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:10:37
From   : heyrick.beebsoc@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: [BeebSoc] Killing Linux - but how?

On 27/11/2010 18:34, Michael Firth wrote:

> Why should the use of U-boot be destructive?

Perhaps not the best phrasing... I consider u-boot to be "destructive" 
as once I have instructed u-boot to TFTP an image from a remote machine, 
it will keep at it until I tell it otherwise. I *cannot* power-cycle to 
restore normal video recorder operation. I would need to hook up to the 
other computer, then with hyperterminal and VNC, talk to the other 
computer from this computer (!) to reconfig u-boot to use the 
flash-based OS.


It'd be rather less trouble if my eeePC had a serial port. But, alas, it 
does not.


Best wishes,

Rick.