Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 12:43:40 +0100 (MET) From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <199911061143.MAA35365@saturn.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.991105105730.28840B-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> References: <199911051534.HAA02236@dingo.cdrom.com>
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In article <Pine.GSO.3.96.991105105730.28840B-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> you write: >Also, Linux can boot from a floppy. Can FreeBSD does similar things (boot >from a floppy and then use data on the hard drive)? Seems so, use a modified kern.flp with your kernel and change its loader.rc: remove the loading of the mfsroot image and add a line that sets currdev to point to your root fs (you can use lsdev in the loader to find it), and you should be ready to go. (I first tried setting rootdev instead but that seems to be getting ignored completely at least when booting from a floppy.) Btw i remember reading in a commitlog that the concept of a `current device' in loader is about to go, so maybe now this no longer works in -current... (Maybe this should be added to the FAQ as a method of last resort when the BIOS boot code can't see above cyl 1024?) Regards, -- Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de> (remove dot foo from address to reply) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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