Re: Generic boot image support in makefs(8)

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 02:30:18AM -0800, John Nemeth wrote:
> On Jun 12,  3:43am, David Laight wrote:
> } On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 02:41:43PM +0900, ITOH Yasufumi wrote:
> } > 
> } > hp700 LIF uses bytes 0-1 (0x80 0x00) and 240-251 (points to IPL location)
> } > of the first sector.  The IPL itself is placed elsewhere.
> } 
> } I wonder if you could get an i386 bootstrap in there as well!
> } Fitting something belowe the sparc label might be lively,
> } but 0x80 0x00 0x00 is a likely nop (addb $0,(%bx,%si)).
> 
>      I created a bootable CD using makefs that boots on both my i386
> laptop and my Ultra 1.

That's always possible (and no relevant test for the above question) as 
PC's use two different methods to boot from CD's, and don't need sector 0
for that _ON A CD_.

hp700 LIF uses 0-1 and 240-251?

240-251 might collide with the NetBSD disklabel in the SUN label sector, 
which is at 128 ... 419. The SUN label information is beyond that
(420 ... 511).

        -is
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