Hi Pavel,
From: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OpenBSD loader
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:48:49 -0400 (EDT)
> I remember me fixing OpenBSD support in GRUB. It required a lot of time. I
> had to install OpenBSD, learn its basics, download and compile the code. I
> spent much time debugging the code. And now I'm told that the latest and
> greatest version of OpenBSD doesn't work with GRUB. Now I see how
> uneffective my efforts have been.
Be not disappointed. Your work was really helpful for us.
> One of NetBSD guys told me that it's in his opinion not a good idea to
> combine the bootloader and boot selector. I tend to agree provided that
> the bootloaders _have_ to be OS-specific. But I don't think so.
But I'd like to point out that GRUB is _not_ a boot selector. What
is his definition of "boot selector"?
> In short you have 3 options:
> 1) Adopt the Multiboot protocol
> 2) Elaborate a patch for OpenBSD. It should be cleanly designed and should
> maintain compatability with older version and other OS'es (notably
> NetBSD) even if they refuse to put identifiers into their kernels.
> 3) Live in the world of separated bootloaders and bootselectors, where you
> cannot choose between two kernels in a menu.
4) Remove the incompatibility in the current OpenBSD.
I know that keeping the compatibility with older versions is often a
pain, but they should care for it since at least one person uses a
non-OpenBSD boot loader (i.e. GRUB)!
Ian, I suggest that you should contact the OpenBSD maintainers as
well as us. I'd like to know why they decide to break the
compatibility.
Thanks,
Okuji
