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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:01:11 -0800 (PST)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: "Richard S. Conto" <rsc@merit.edu>
Subject: re: New cdboot ISO available
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On 14-Jan-02 Richard S. Conto wrote:
> Dell Inspiron 3000, Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
>                   Copyright 1985-1997
>                   Build 06/09/98 09:42:22
>                   Inspiron 3000 KM200ST Rev A05
>                   Keyboard BIOS Rev A01
> 
> Worked OK, got into the installer
> 
> 
> Gateway 2000 P5-120, BIOS 1.00.10.BR0T
>                    AMIBIOS
>                    American Megatrends ...
>                    I think the copyright date was 1992,
>                    although this machine was manufactured
>                    in 1995.
> 
> Failed (hung) after POST. No messages, floppy disk light seems to
> stay on a long time.

Yeah, with a 1992 BIOS it's definitely too old for cdboot to work.
 
> Will there be a way to generate a special bootstrap the old (current)
> way? This bootstrap should have just enough in it to install enough of
> the system to build a GENERIC kernel and install that.

You can always boot off of boot floppies by making kern.flp and mfsroot.flp
images.  It's just that the kernel running during install might be stripped
down and thus might not have support for some newer devices.

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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