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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 12:00:29 -0700
From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
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Subject: Re: BOOT LOADER IS TOO OLD. PLEASE UPGRADE.
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On Sat, Aug 03, 2024 at 08:47:54AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 8:28 AM bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:
> > Is there some reason installworld (or some other make target) doesn't
> > do this by default? The msdos filesystem is mounted and writeable any
> > time the host is running.
> >
> 
> 
> I have the doodle of a design to have a make installboot that would do it
> based on parameters set for their system. But i got bogged down when uboot
> and powerpc ofw got into the mix.

Could the problem be made less intractable by limiting the scope per 
board or board family? I've not played with any but Raspberry Pi in
the past 9 years so have little idea what's in use today. 

Thanks for writing!

bob prohaska