cvs commit: src/sys/boot/forth
David Rhodus
sdrhodus at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 05:51:51 PDT 2004
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:54:43 +0200, Erik P. Skaalerud <erik at xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > Modified files:
> > sys/boot/forth loader.4th loader.conf
> > Log:
> > Initialize the 'kernel' environment variable from loader.4th
> > instead of loader.conf. loader.4th will set the kernel name to
> > 'kernel' for normal boots, 'kernel.BOOTP' for PXE boots. This allows
> > us to distinguish between BOOTP kernels and normal kernels and,
> > in particular, this will allow both to be shipped on the CD.
>
> I'm not sure if this have anything to do with forth, but is it possible
> to make the boot-loader recognize other operating systems (like Windows)
> instead of just displaying "???" ? This would be nice.
>
> - Erik
>
That happens to my laptop but I'm almost positive that I upgrade a
fbsd-4.x install a long time ago. So it most likely doesn't have the
DFly boot code other than what is installed during the installworld
process.
--
-David
Steven David Rhodus
<drhodus at xxxxxxxxxxx>
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