From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 30 05:30:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA25913 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 05:30:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp7.portal.net.au [202.12.71.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA25889 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 05:30:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA00570; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 01:14:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811290914.BAA00570@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "William R. Somsky" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:35:16 PST." <19981115173516.A4986@halcyon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 01:14:30 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Ok, now that we've got the new 3-stage bootloader, and it looks like > it's near to becoming the standard, I've got two questions: > > 1) Where is there documentation on it? In the code. In the list archives. It's still a work in progress, particularly as the Forth component is still being evaluated. There's also an online help system that's mostly functional; I realised that I needed to work out how to sort the common and architecture-specific help together into one file such that subtopic information is in the right place; this is going to need a small program to do the work (any Perl hackers looking for a quick job are invited to apply). Once this is resolved, the 'help' command will probably be enough for most people. Ideally, you won't need to talk to it at all; it should locate your kernel, autoload modules you require, and walk the dog every other evening. > 2) Will we have a DOS/WIN program to install a copy of the new boot0 > when it gets trashed by a Windows install or other "disaster" ;-) I think Robert has already pointed at such an animal. I think you could copy the boot0 file as 'boot.bin' and use the bootinst program that's normally used to install booteasy as well. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message