[gentoo-dev] Opinions on a "sys-boot" category for bootloaders

[gentoo-dev] Opinions on a "sys-boot" category for bootloaders

[Kumba]

I'd like to get opinions on what people think about creating a sys-boot 
category for the various bootloaders.  A majority (if not all of them) 
can be found in sys-apps currently.

At the moment, I can identify 10 different packages for bootloaders for 
the various architectures:

sys-apps/aboot (Alpha w/ SRM)
sys-apps/dvhtool (Mips)
sys-apps/grub (x86)
sys-apps/grub-static (x86)
sys-apps/lilo (x86)
sys-apps/milo (Alpha w/o SRM)
sys-apps/palo (Hppa/Parisc)
sys-apps/silo (Sparc)
sys-apps/syslinux (CD-ROM)
sys-apps/yaboot (PPC)

There are some other bootloaders not in portage yet that could join this 
group.  A couple I know off the top of my head are arcboot (Mips), nuni 
(x86), and u-boot (universal).

Anyone else knows of some bootloaders not in portage that'd fit into a 
category like this, chime in as well.


--Kumba

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions on a "sys-boot" category for bootloaders

[Robin H. Johnson]

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On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:50:34PM -0500, Kumba wrote:
> 
> I'd like to get opinions on what people think about creating a sys-boot 
> category for the various bootloaders.  A majority (if not all of them) 
> can be found in sys-apps currently.
+1 here.

> Anyone else knows of some bootloaders not in portage that'd fit into a 
> category like this, chime in as well.
arclx (for SGI Visual Workstation 320/540 [I used to have one, but no longer])
http://linux-visws.sourceforge.net/arcboot.html

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions on a "sys-boot" category for bootloaders

[Arun Thomas]

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On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 20:50, Kumba wrote:
> I'd like to get opinions on what people think about creating a sys-boot 
> category for the various bootloaders.  A majority (if not all of them) 
> can be found in sys-apps currently.

You should probably move sys-apps/nettrom while you're at it. It's the
Netwinder ARM bootloader.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions on a "sys-boot" category for bootloaders

[Summaky]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:50:34PM -0500, Kumba wrote:
> 
> I'd like to get opinions on what people think about creating a sys-boot 
> category for the various bootloaders.  A majority (if not all of them) 
> can be found in sys-apps currently.
> 

Also remember the sys-apps/quik (OldWorld PPC).

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