From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 10 6:39:42 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE5A337B401; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 06:39:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [66.111.41.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B057B43F93; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 06:39:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 0C243B14; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 06:39:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09256AF1; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 06:39:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 06:39:38 -0800 (PST) From: Jamie Bowden To: John Baldwin Cc: Terry Lambert , , Damien Tougas Subject: Re: A question about kernel modules In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030310063646.Q30184-100000@moo.sysabend.org> Approved: yep X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 07-Mar-2003 Terry Lambert wrote: > > The GENERIC kernel is loaded from a CDROM controller BIOS faked-up > > floppy drive, which is how CDROMs are able to boot. Even if all > > other issues were resolved, this floppy image would be unable to > > contain all the necessary modules. For the modules to be read off > > the CDROM or other boot media, all the code in the module loading > > path would have to be statically present (ISO9660 FS, ATA and SCSI > > drivers, CDROM driver, etc., etc.). By including all the drivers > > in the GENERIC kernel, it makes it much more likely that you will > > b able to actually install FreeBSD in the first place. > > FreeBSD hasn't used the floppy-emulation mode of CD booting since > 4.6. See /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/cdboot/cdboot.s and an El Torito > standard for more details. That's odd. 4.7-R required me to tell my BIOS it had a 1.44MB FD installed (it has an LS-120 in reality) in order to boot from the CD. The 5.0-R CD boots fine without that bit of BIOS trickery (but it lacks drivers that 4-STABLE has, which I use (bktr for one)). Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message