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