Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 02:57:40 -0700 (PDT) From: <rnordier@FreeBSD.org> To: ru@FreeBSD.org (Ruslan Ermilov) Cc: marcel@xcllnt.net, imp@harmony.village.org, kato@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: hw.machine vs hw.machine_arch (was: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/reboot Makefile) Message-ID: <200109130957.f8D9veu32126@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010913122604.A35618@sunbay.com> from Ruslan Ermilov at "Sep 13, 2001 12:26: 4 pm"
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > It is my understanding that PC98's use different technique to boot > from what is described in boot_i386.8. We are building special > versions of boot0 and boot2 for PC98 (see sys/boot/Makefile). > Since boot_i386.8 in fact describes boot2, can anyone tell me does > it fits the PC98's boot2? A quick glance at the code gives at > least one difference. On i386, boot prompt looks like > > FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > as documented in boot_i386.8. On PC98, it should look like > > FreeBSD BOOT > > Unless I'm wrong, boot_i386.8 isn't applicable to PC98's, > and shouldn't be linked to boot.8 for PC98. Please correct > me if I'm wrong. > Yes, large portions of boot_i386.8 are i386-specific and don't apply to PC98. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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