Subject: Re: suggested enhancements for the i386 boot mechanisms
To: Luke Mewburn <lm@cs.rmit.edu.au>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/03/1998 17:08:10
> boot-device (see text) device to look for 2nd stage boot
> and kernel on. default is where 1st
> stage boot came from. format: xxNs
> (e.g., sd0a, wd0f, ...)
>
> boot-file netbsd kernel to boot.
>
> XXX: how do we support a list of
> kernels to try (netbsd.gz, netbsd.old,
> etc)
Looking at my Sharks, OFW seems to support multiple boot-devices by
space-separating multiple device specs in the boot-device variable.
Seems like that'd be good enough...
cgd