Subject: Bootable Alpha CDs
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/20/1999 15:36:21
I've been using NetBSD/Alpha for a while, and I love it.
There are a couple of things that I have been wondering about that
I havn't had a chance to ask about.
First, how does one go about making a bootable NetBSD/Alpha CD?
(bootable from SRM that is)
Do I need to put a UFS image of a fs on a CD?
Second, what actually goes on during the boot process on a NetBSD/Alpha
system? (again assuming SRM) I am looking for a list of steps such as:
SRM reads 1st sector of boot device
SRM executes this sector
This boot code loads a second stage boot loader from a UFS file system
This second stage boot loader reads the kernel specified by SRM
Thanks in advance
Nick Maniscalco
nm@vt.edu