Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:55:24 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@altavista.net> To: "Carlos C. Tapang" <ctapang@easystreet.com> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>, thyerm@camtech.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SUMMARY: why you cant use FBSDBOOT.EXE anymore (Was: Re: FBSDBOOT.EXE) Message-ID: <3744144C.F06FF0C2@altavista.net> References: <024501bea240$ebb029b0$0d787880@apex.tapang>
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"Carlos C. Tapang" wrote: > Thanks to all who pitched in their input to this issue. Most users of my > system are running Windows and don't want to have to reformat or repartition > their hard disk. So I am stuck with the DOS file system. I think the best > solution is to have my users use a FreeBSD boot floppy. The floppy will have > /boot/loader which I will point to the DOS-formatted hard disk in which the > kernel resides. Correct me if I'm wrong, but loader is unable to directly load kernel from non-FreeBSD partition (DOS in your case), so problem is slightly more complicated but I though your can take PicoBSD (FreeBSD on floppy) and tweak it to match your needs. Sincerely, Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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