From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 15 07:01:38 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id HAA20952 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 07:01:38 -0800 Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA20939; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 07:01:27 -0800 Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id PAA03630; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 15:56:51 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199502151456.PAA03630@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/dosboot ansi.h boot.c boot.h bootinfo.h cdefs.h dinode.h dir.h dirent.h disk.c disklabe.h dkba To: jkh@FreeBSD.org (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 15:56:50 +0100 (MET) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <11316.792846176@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Feb 15, 95 03:02:37 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1250 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > I don't see very much what would be the advantage over rebooting > > the PC. > > [stick CD in drive] "ffffffffvvvvvvtt.....thwap" > C> E: > E> install > > Install is an install.bat script which boots a special kernel off > the CD with fbsdboot and up it comes, sniffs out the CDROM, mounts > it as root, looks for the rest of the installation stuff, etc.. > > Now do you see the advantage? ;-) Now I do. But then, if this is the main use, my point is why not hack netboot.com to do it ? netboot sources contain the commands to cross compile code for DOS under FreeBSD, and to load the kernel to the desired place. Plus, there are procedures to go back and forth from real mode. And, as the kernel is read from a DOS filesystem, you don't even need to put there code to understand the FreeBSD filesystem, just call the appropriate INT 21. Then ok, if it ain't broke, don't fix it... Luigi ==================================================================== Luigi Rizzo Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 ====================================================================