Package: kboot-utils
Architecture: all
Depends: ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Helper tools to generate a kboot.conf file
- Helper tools to automatically generate a kboot.conf file from entries in
- /boot.
+Description: helper tools to generate a kboot.conf file
+ kboot-utils provides helper tools to automatically generate a kboot.conf file
+ from entries in /boot.
.
- The kboot.conf file can be read by the petitboot bootloader which is used
- for instance on the Sony PlayStation 3 in OtherOS mode in order to list
- kernels to boot.
+ kboot.conf is used for instance by the petitboot bootloader, which is used on
+ the Sony PlayStation 3 in OtherOS mode; petitboot reads the file from the root
+ filesystem in order to list kernels to boot.
+ .
+ A description of the kboot.conf file format can be found at:
+ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-linux-docs/ps3-linux-docs-latest/mini-boot-conf.txt
+ mirrored at:
+ http://ring.nict.go.jp/pub/linux/kernel.org/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-linux-docs/ps3-linux-docs-latest/mini-boot-conf.txt