Subject: Support for default kernel names done.
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/12/1999 15:45:51
Folks,
A week or so I ago I talked about adding support for default kernel
names to search for in the bootblocks if there was no kernel name
specified. Well, in a fit of boredom I hacked something up.
The list of names tried is:
"netbsd", "netbsd.gz",
"netbsd.bak", "netbsd.bak.gz",
"netbsd.old", "netbsd.old.gz",
"onetbsd", "onetbsd.gz",
"gennetbsd", "gennetbsd.gz",
If you use "netbsd" as your kernel name, you can now have your boot or
bootpath PROM environment variable set to either "rz(0,X,0)" (or "rz()"
if you use SCSI-ID 0) on a 2100/3100 or "3/rzX" on 5000 series machines.
I don't think this will make it into 1.4 - it's probably too late
for "cosmetic" fixes, but I can make these bootblocks availble on
ftp.netbsd.org in the meantime if anyone wants to use them.
Simon.