Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:49:30 -0800 (PST) From: "Kamal R. Prasad" <kamalpr@yahoo.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: use loader to load kernel.gz and mfsroot.gz in an ext2 filesystem Message-ID: <20050126164930.90112.qmail@web52702.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050126163048.GB31269@dan.emsphone.com>
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Is it possible to load the loader on redboot, then have the loader tftp the kernel over ethernet? thanks -kamal --- Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > In the last episode (Jan 26), M. Warner Losh said: > > : I put loader,kernel.gz and mfsroot.gz in an > ext2(dos) file system > > : on harddisk,and want to directly use grub or use > grub and freebsd > > : loader(or other manner?) to boot the system. > > > > You'll need to add support to libstand to read > ext2 and/or DOS file > > systems. That's the first step... > > Libstand already supports both, and they are > included into /boot/loader > ( see the file_system[] array in > /sys/boot/i386/loader/conf.c ), so it > should be able to boot off of both filessytems just > fine. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
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