Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:00:18 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: qa@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New cdboot ISO available Message-ID: <3C410652.1020300@owt.com> References: <XFMail.020112154412.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > On 12-Jan-02 Kent Stewart wrote: > >> >>John Baldwin wrote: >> >> >>>A new experimental CD bootstrap was recently added to -stable for the i386 >>>architecture that allows the full contents of the CD to be used when >>>booting. >>>The method we currently uses relies on the BIOS emulating a floppy drive >>>from a >>>floppy image file on the CD. This limits the size of the kernel that we can >>>boot off of. The new CD bootstrap allows a full GENERIC kernel to be used >>>when >>>booting off of a CD, allowing more drivers to work out of the box. However, >>>not all BIOS's that support the older method support this newer method of CD >>>booting. >>> >> >>I have a ECS K7S5A that booted but sysinstall was completely hung. I >>had to hit the reset button to reboot. >> > > Hmmm, that is weird. I assume it doesn't hang with the normal ISO image? It boots the 4.4-release that was part of the 4-cd set just fine. This K7S5a has a DVD player on it for the CDROM. I tried the 4.5-iso on one of my other computers and it ran just fine. I have to go out but when I get back I have two other SiS-735 based computers that are being upgraded so they have W Paul's SiS-900 network update added. They all have CDROM players on them. I will try them when I reboot after installing the results of my latest cvsup. Kent > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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