New Bootloader for FreeBSD

Dan writes "FreeBSD Release Engineering team's Scott Long has written a bootloader front-end script that allows one to enable/disable acpi, boot single users, etc. His primary motivation was to allow users to easily disable ACPI, since so many problems are popping up these days with it. He is hoping to have this be on at least the i386 bootcd for FreeBSD 5.1 scheduled for release June 2nd, and is looking for feedback."

Comments

It's not a bootloader

[ciaran_o_riordan]

Heh, great research. He's written a "bootloader front-end script that allows one to enable/disable acpi". Not a boot loader.

He says later that "[if] the script cannot start, it might leave your loader unable to load the kernel".

For people interested in actual boot loaders, GRUB is looking for people to work on the BSD loading code (it works but needs some updating).

Ciaran O'Riordan

Re:It's not a bootloader

[Arandir]

Read the article again. It's not a "bootloader" front-end script, but a "bootloader front-end script". Notice the difference in quotes. One is a bootloader, and the other is a front-end script to a bootloader.

p.s. Please people, take him up on his offer of working on the BSD loading code for GRUB. It's seriously out of date. I've got my own projects on the front burner so I can't at the moment.