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Subject: Re: [9fans] getting sdC0/nvram right in /bootdir
From: Richard Miller <miller@hamnavoe.demon.co.uk>
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Date: Sat,  8 Nov 2003 09:57:50 +0000
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> The other option, not taken, is the new linux approach of actually running
> shell scripts in bootdir (which in linux is called initrd). I think I'd
> rather wait to do this ... do we really want /bin/rc in bootdir?

It's already been done. Look at /sys/src/9/pc/pcfl

bootdir
	/386/bin/rc
	/rc/lib/rcmain
	/386/bin/bind
	/386/bin/cat
	/386/bin/cp
	/386/bin/echo
	/386/bin/mount
	/386/bin/sleep
	... etc etc

-- Richard