On Fri Apr 25 11:52:48 EDT 2014, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: > 9front pc and pc64 kernels can be loaded by multiboot loader like grub (thanks > to aiju). plan9.ini can be passed as a module. it uses the multiboot memory > map > as well. theres no program to read in the gpt partition table yet but that > should > be easy. all you need is a small program to parse the gpt and write text to > /dev/sdXX/ctl.
*all* the pc kernels, except for the nix kernel, do multiboot. i removed multiboot from nix. it's just so ugly. perhaps a bad decision. but there is sadly a tradeoff between taste and compatability. - erik