Re: /boot/loader question
:On Tuesday, 30. November 2004 22:40, walt wrote:
:> My question: is there any inherent limitation in /boot/loader
:> which would prevent loading the kernel from a logical partition?
:
:yes: loader doesn't contain the needed logic to find and use a non-primary=
:=20
:slice. can you try manually setting the boot device in loader to the right=
:=20
:device? if that doesn't work, somebody needs to hack loader to support it (=
:or=20
:not)
:
:cheers
: simon
/boot/loader itself does not have any size limitations so the support
can be added if someone would like to make a project out of it. It's
basically adding an ability to recurse through slices marked as extended
partitions, yah?
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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