> great! just as an aside, 9load-e820 contains a hack which
> allows one to use bootdev and bootpath as replaceable
> parameters. if venti is on your boot disk, you could say
>
> venti=bootpath/venti
>
> the mechanism behind this needs to be fixed, but i've
> enjoyed not working about which sata port the cdrom
> or boot disk is plugged into.
the mechanism has now been fixed and all assignments
in plan9.ini become replacable parameters. a $ is used to
indicate a variable indirection. 9load will assign bootdev
and bootpath automaticly as a convience. e.g. sdE0 and
#S/sdE0. our previous example should now read
venti=$bootpath/venti
(the previous example will temporarly be accepted.)
there are a few other things along for the ride.
if you are using 9load menus, you can add 9load variables
by typing them in like this at the menu prompt.
a console=0 b19200
one could remove the debug option from the 9atom cd
knowing that one could always enter
a *debug=1
at the menu.
added bonus: small corrections to the e820 scan.
- erik
