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re: Boot wedges
> I have added another option. The bootloader may pass a string
> that is interpreted as in 2. or 3. Like the other options, the
> data is passed in a global variable from MD to MI code.
>
> Previously defined variables are:
>
> boothowto - boot flags
> booted_device - the boot disk and unit
> booted_partition - the boot partition
> booted_startblk - the offset of the boot partition
> booted_nblks - the sizee of the boot partition
>
> Now there is also:
>
> bootspec - the name of the boot device
is this in a manual somewhere? could you make it so if not? :)
thanks. i like this change.
.mrg.
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