Tools needed: Configuration of boot loader

[m-weigand]

The default installation of the PN comes with a small vfat partition, uboot_env, which holds a valid u-boot environment file.
u-boot uses this configuration by default, allowing us to configure the boot process from within linux (by mounting the partition and then modifying it).

We ship a simple shell script to change the default boot order in /root:

https://github.com/PNDeb/pinenote-debian-image/blob/trixie/overlays/root/uboot_change_bootmenu.sh

It would be nice to

• document this whole process better
• provide better integration in the GUI for simple tasks, such as switching between os1 and os2 as default boot partition.
  This probably could be integrated into the dbus daemon for better encapsulation. It would also allow alternative desktop environments to use it. The gnome extension could then use the dbus daemon.

links

• dbus service: https://github.com/PNDeb/pinenote_dbus_service
• gnome extension: https://github.com/PNDeb/pinenote-gnome-extension