Subject: Re: How do machines boot?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/18/1999 21:51:46
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 03:08:37PM +1100, Simon Burge wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I'd like to put together some info describing how various machines boot,
> especially off CD-ROMs, with the aim of getting a NetBSD install CD
> to boot of as many types of machines as is possible.  Ross Harvey has
> already done some work to this end, with a 1.4.1 CD that booted off
> i386, alpha, sparc and some (most?) macppcs.  At the moment, the only
> architecture I'm completely familiar with the pmax - info for other
> machines will be gladly accepted...
> 
> This info will probably live under Documentation/kernel/ somewhere on
> the NetBSD web pages - any better suggestions?

See the whateversrc/share/man8/man8.amiga/boot.8

For the purpose of doing CDs, the preferred way would be to provide a 
clickable amiga icon, which starts a script running loadbsd netbsd...

	-is