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To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
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Subject: Re: [BTX loader]: boot command doesn't work as expected
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Well, tell the truth, you are right. There is no *reason* for it not
to accept both ways, since boot doesn't take flags. Yeah... sorry,
Ruslan, you are correct. I'll see what I can do about it.

Robert Nordier wrote:
> 
> Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> 
> > Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > boot -c         - works
> > > boot /kernel    - works
> > > boot -c /kernel - doesn't work
> > >
> > > Any clue?
> >
> > You mean it doesn't work as _you_ expect it to? :-)
> >
> > help boot
> >
> > Boot boots. The -c flag is to be passed to the kernel, not to the
> > command boot.
> >
> > boot /kernel -c
> 
> I may be missing some subtle point here, but there should be no
> difference between
> 
>     boot -c /kernel
> 
> and
> 
>     boot /kernel -c
> 
> The "official" boot2 syntax, in both the old and the new bootblocks,
> is also
> 
>     [kernel_name] [options]
> 
> but
> 
>    [options] [kernel_name]
> 
> is equally acceptable in practice.
> 
> In the case of loader, either way results in the same settings in the
> "howto" flags passed to the kernel.
> 
> --
> Robert Nordier

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