Re: Heads up: new boot loader required for x86

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:43:46 +0000
Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> If you are running i386/amd64 and use GENERIC, please
> 'cp /usr/mdec/boot /' after a build with the latest sources. It will
> be needed so that the boot loader can pick up a kernel module to
> handle the root file system.
> 
> Alternatively you can put something like the following into /boot.cfg:
> 
>       load ffs
> 
Is this /boot compatible with older systems, i.e., can I do that part
now?


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb