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Re: ybin and NetBSD [Was: GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X]



On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:24:14AM +0200, Edouard G. Parmelan wrote:
> 
> No.  Without option ofwboot will use /netbsd on same partition as
> ofwboot.  With a OF path as argument, it will use that file as netbsd
> kernel or the file 'netbsd' in that directory.

well that sucks.

> > hardcoding /netbsd is bad since i don't have seperate options for all
> > the bsds, only one generic.  (thats the way its staying too).
> 
> What about this syntax:
> 
>     bsd=/dev/hda10 hd:11,/netbsd

that is a non-trivial change and would require completly rewriting the
config file parsing of ybin.  (which i wouldn't mind doing so i could
use a image= style section format for these, but i have yet to find a
way that will work in the confines of limited busybox boot-floppies.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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