Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:19:02 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org> To: jcv@vbc.net Cc: wertejuk@mwcis.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot proccess Message-ID: <20010924151902K.jkh@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10109241718290.36754-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net> References: <20010920000212.B60704@localhost.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10109241718290.36754-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net>
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> Tell me if I am wrong but from the floppy, the files kern.flp & > mfsroot.flp are compressed and then uncompressed into memory. > > If so, that means that the FreeBSD box is running this programs from the > RAM and not from the floppy, right ? Correct. They're running with the root device set to a memory filesystem (which has been initialized with the contents of mfsroot.flp). > If so, is it possible to do the same but from a hard disk instead of the > floppy ? That's generally how most FreeBSD systems boot, yes. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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