Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:11:52 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Geff Hanoian <boing@boing.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels Message-ID: <200001120111.RAA01750@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:04:20 PST." <200001112304.PAA11724@kusanagi.boing.com>
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> Like, if I am required by the hardware (for whatever reason) to boot off of > a FAT16 partition with a 'Command.com' type thing, wouldn't the fbsdboot.exe > allow me to still boot a bsd kernel. Where as if I must install the boot > loader, I might not even be able to get the boot loader to show up on the > hardware disk emulator. > > Does that make sense? It sounds like a contrived hypothetical example. Would you care to share a real-world example with us? -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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