New bootloader available and FAQ updated
Reinoud Zandijk <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:32:08 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.acorn32 |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hiya All, you might have thought that the Acorn32 port was sleeping a lot ... well to be honest it was for some time :-/ until i got some more time and inspiration to work on things.... I've created yet another new bootloader from scratch called `boot32' wich can boot NetBSD-1.6 ELF kernel images. Please report problems to this list or to me when things fail.... It consists of just one file called `boot32,ffa' (i.e. a RISC OS module) that can be RMRun or can be called using *boot32. Its syntax (not in the module yet :-/ sorry) is : *boot32 [-a] [kernelname [parameters]] It can load both normal kernels as gzipped kernels wich is a relief for some i know :-) esp. the installation of new NetBSD/acorn32 systems will most likely be much simplified by this move. Also the FAQ has been made up to date and i've added a section about NC booting since this is trivial but has a steep learning curve i've you've never done it before. On the TODO list is now : being able to load mode definition files (MDFs) into a running kernel and to allow swiching screenmodes ! Cheers, Reinoud Zandijk, portmaster NetBSD/acorn32