Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:29:08 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> Cc: sobomax@altavista.net, thyerm@camtech.com.au, ctapang@easystreet.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: SUMMARY: why you cant use FBSDBOOT.EXE anymore (Was: Re: FBSDBOOT.EXE) Message-ID: <199905191929.MAA00425@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 May 1999 13:34:59 EDT." <199905191734.NAA14945@lor.watermarkgroup.com>
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> > > Therefore it *MAY* be possible to make a DOS 6.0, 6.20 or even 6.22 > > > boot floppy which runs FBSDBOOT.EXE to boot your a.out FreeBSD kernel > > > and hence the whole system. > > > > Obviously it makes no sense at all to make special DOS boot floppy with older DOS > > just to run FBSDBOOT - it simply enough to make "native" FreeBSD boot floppy with > > /boot/loader and hacked /boot/loader.conf to boot kernel from your hard drive, so it > > seems that FBSDBOOT now totally useless :( > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Maxim > > > Why can't we make a copy of the vector table and save to file and have > fbsdboot use the table from the file? How do we get this vector table in the first place? How do we keep it updated? -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the messagehelp
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