Subject: Re: proposed re-work / unification of boot block installation
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/13/2002 17:48:59
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:57:17AM -0500, Todd Vierling wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
>=20
> : > Here's a proposal for a re-work of the boot block installation under
> : > NetBSD.  I've posted it here for feedback, even though it's just as
> : > relevant in tech-install; saves cross-posting.
> :
> : amiga, amigappc:
> :
> : - there are no seperate level0 and level1 blocks.
>=20
> Yes, there are, from the perspective of Luke's description.  "level0" ref=
ers
> to the RDB entries; there's no actual executable code there.  Similarly, =
the
> Sun disklabel is the "level0" bootblock for a Sun machine.

ok, if you define it that way, yes. Still leaves us with the same problem:
unless you want to create a disk images (as opposed to a filesystem image),
you can't cross-installboot. Or you have to leave out level0.

	-Is

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