Re: boot(8) diffs

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Marcin M. Jessa wrote:
>>>>> I have put some diffs to boot(8) at:
>>>>> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/rjs/boot.diff>
>>>>> They add a 'multiboot' command to allow Xen to be loaded without
>>>>> needing Grub.
>>   
> I dont know why but I with the latest patch I can see following text  
> when I boot my computer:
> Fn: diskn
>
> Then I press enter and it jumps right to the boot menu.

"Fn: diskn" is printed by some variants of NetBSD's MBR boot code.  It's
not clear to me why changing your second stage boot should have made a
difference to the MBR boot.

--apb (Alan Barrett)