From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 17:04:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101D516A403 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:04:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rudyrockstar@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s38.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s38.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE26413C4B3 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:04:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rudyrockstar@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.8.87]) by bay0-omc3-s38.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:04:11 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:04:11 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 207.46.8.123 by by117fd.bay117.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:04:03 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.110.197.20] X-Originating-Email: [rudyrockstar@hotmail.com] X-Sender: rudyrockstar@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <3DC2398C-8637-4FF1-90B4-3B752B3A496A@FreeBSD.org> From: "Rudy Rockstar" To: m@FreeBSD.org Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:04:03 -0500 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2007 17:04:11.0281 (UTC) FILETIME=[CAC4D810:01C761A3] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:46:39 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: harddrive no memory ---FreeBSD scenario X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:04:12 -0000 Marcus, Thanks! A chip level loading of the core kernel would be the only way. So its not possible todo without a completly new hardware infrastructre design. - I'm wanting todo this because computers are too slow. regardz, ~Rudy _____________________________________________ .!@#$%&% ---_---- http://www.[1]rudyrockstar.com -_-----_--------_--- ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- -----------CELLY--678.984.3831: RiP 1997 -2004---- -AIM:rudyrockstar- ------- ----------- --------- -ICQ:6636643-- --- -- -- --------------- -------- -YahoO:rudyrockstar- ----------- --------------------- -MSN:rudyrockstar@hotmail.com ------------------------ ~~~~~~~!~!~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~!!!!~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________ From: Markus Boelter To: "Devon H. O'Dell" CC: "Rudy Rockstar" , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: harddrive no memory ---FreeBSD scenario Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:53:18 +0100 >Hi! > > >>Apart from wondering how you're getting the motherboard to get past >>POST without RAM, I'm wondering how you'd get the bootloader and >> >[...] > >The guys at Linux/OpenBIOS did some Cache-as-RAM stuff. Maybe you >can also put (burn) the kernel directly into the BIOS chip and bott >with that kernel. This is just an idea out of my head - nothing >tested and no research done in this field. :-) > >Cheers > Markus > _________________________________________________________________ [2]Win a Zunemake MSNŽ your homepage for your chance to win! References 1. http://www.rudyrockstar.com/ 2. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2743??PS=47575