Re: Heads up: new boot loader required for x86

[Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:54:25AM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:43:46 +0000
> Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > If you are running i386/amd64 and use GENERIC, please
> > 'cp /usr/mdec/boot /' after a build with the latest sources. It will
> > be needed so that the boot loader can pick up a kernel module to
> > handle the root file system.
> > 
> > Alternatively you can put something like the following into /boot.cfg:
> > 
> >     load ffs
> > 
> Is this /boot compatible with older systems, i.e., can I do that part
> now?

In theory, back as far as 1.5? Maybe not that far.

Andrew