On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 04:01:26PM -0800, John Nemeth wrote: > On Jun 12, 9:41am, David Young wrote: > } On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 11:20:11AM -0800, John Nemeth wrote: > } > BTW, while on this subject, I'm wondering why hp700 can't use the > } > makefs -o bootimage=sysid:filename syntax that other systems use? > } > } AFAIK, there are not magic numbers defined for hp700. > > "sysid" here isn't to have a magic number, but to tell makefs what > type of bootcode it is setting up so that it puts the code in the right > place on the CD and does whatever else may be needed to make the disk > bootable on that platform. Ah. I see what you mean. I just brought it up because -o bootimage presently uses a particular mechanism that is defined by an ISO9660 extension which provides for only a few architectures. There is no reason the mechanism should not be chosen based on the sysid. Dave -- David Young OJC Technologies dyoung%ojctech.com@localhost Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933 ext 24