tech-kern: Re: Using Etherboot ELF/FreeBSD loader to netboot ELF/NetBSD

Subject: Re: Using Etherboot ELF/FreeBSD loader to netboot ELF/NetBSD
To: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/28/2003 14:02:12

> problems with bootloaders.
>
> > 3) it has to be compiled for every card, and it doesn't compile well under
> > NetBSD
>
> I haven't tried netbooting with grub.
>
> >
> > 4) i just doesn't need any extra level or loaders!!!!
>
> BSD's bootloader is not an extra level? What's the fundamental
> difference?
>
etherboot (now) loads NetBSD kernel directly. no NetBSD bootloader.