Re: Multiboot and NetBSD

[Julio M. Merino Vidal]

On 12/30/05, Marco Gerards <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Julio M. Merino Vidal" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Julio,
>
> > Note that, with a little patch to GRUB-Legacy, I'm already able to boot 
> > NetBSD
> > kernels with the MB "technique".  Also note that I haven't finished 
> > gathering
> > all the info it requires, so I may find other problems similar to the
> > above ones.
> >
> > However, I'm not sure it will be accepted by the other developers given all
> > the drawbacks exposed above :-(
>
> New features for GRUB Legacy are not accepted anymore.  And I doubt
> that multiboot will be changed...
>
> But the good news is that GRUB 2 is actively being developed.  A new
> multiboot standard is being worked on.  Have a look on the wiki for
> more information about both.  Your suggestions sound sane to me so we
> can at least consider them. :-)

I'll check.  I thought that Multiboot was going to be kept as it is now in
GRUB 2.  But if a new standard is being developed, I'm certainly interested
in learning about it, so I'll look at the wiki :-)

Which makes me think... if MB is going to change, is it still a good idea to
make NetBSD bootable through the legacy specification?

Thanks,

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