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Re: boot(8) diffs



    Date:        Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:41:59 +1000
    From:        George Abdelmalik <gabdelmalik%avdat.com.au@localhost>
    Message-ID:  <20081002114159.4dc7fceb@tb10>

  | On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:34:27 +0100 (BST)
  | Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.demon.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
  | > They add a 'multiboot' command to allow Xen to be loaded without
  | > needing Grub.

  | Is it known if this will make it in before netbsd-5 happens?  Seems to
  | have had a lot of positive comments.

Yes, please - I'd quite like to use Xen, but I have seen grub, and have
no desire to ever see it again ... I've been hoping for an explanation
why grub was required.   It looks like this is (effectively) it - and the
solution at the same time.

kre



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