Subject: Re: some cdboot nits
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-install
Date: 06/27/2005 16:11:06
On Jun 27, 2005, at 3:42 PM, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

>  * how does the name 'cdboot' go with the existing bootxx_* names
>    in /usr/mdec? Looking around a bit, I wonder if bootxx_cd would  
> be more
>    in line with the existing names appropriate? Or is bootxx_* only  
> for
>    use with installboot(8)? They sure are for more things than  
> harddisks,
>    as bootxx_ustarfs on i386 shows.

Well, it's a little different from the other bootxx_* programs in  
that it ONLY works on CD-ROM drives.

That said, it's probably appropriate to call it bootxx_cd9660

-- thorpej