Re: dhcp/tftp boot cd?

Izumi Tsutsui <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:26:46 +0900
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.dreamcast
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Izumi Tsutsui <[email protected]> wrote:
> > NetBSD/dreamcast kernel itself can load a new kernel for
> > the next reboot from any file system it supports, including NFS,
> > so one CD with ramdisk root kernel is enough for bootstrap.
> 
> Does this work automatically? How does the loaded kernel know how to
> load a new kernel?

No automated way yet (though it might be possible to write such command),
but typing three commands is still easier than burning coasters.

> What documentation should I be looking for?

kloader(4) man page?
"reboot /path/to/netbsd" just works on NetBSD/dreamcast.
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Izumi Tsutsui