Code Evangelism

Vaio P Instant On fun

Posted by admin - 24/11/09 at 10:11:01 pm

For those that did not know, InstantOn can be modified..

c:/InstantON is were this all resides.. The files inside are nothing more then ext2 file systems, kernel, initrd, etc.. Each Program you see when you boot into instanton mode is stored in its own filesystem.
These are all mounted when its booted.. Im sure they did this for modularity..

I snooped around the filesystem and found that an xterm binary was there. I modified the config file for the xmb-style menu program and booted up. There was my xterm.

http://aliosa27.net/projects/vaio-p/instanton/

I captured some of the info and uploaded it there..

I hate how you can only run one app at a time. I compiled fluxbox and placed it in the filesystem, changed a few things to get it to autostart and finally..Multitasking..

I will get the modified files posted soon..

For those that want to use the xmb key to boot a different distro..

Modify C:/kernel.pam

the kernel you want to boot must be on the C:/ File system. I created a directory called linux.

place the kernel and initrd from your distro of choice in this directory.
Im using crunchbang(ubuntu variant)

in the kernel.pam file change the line to look like:
/linux/(kernel file name here) as well as your boot args.

My kernel.pam looks as such

/linux/zimage root=/dev/sda3 rw

In your initrd.pam

add the name of your initrd file..

/linux/initrd

save, shutdown and press the xmb key.. with any luck, you should of booted linux without needing to install grub, simply with the built-in bootloader…

Enjoy…

Ps…backup your kernel.pam/initrd.pam ….just in case you want to use the default instant on os again..

Enjoy..