Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:27:13 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Subject: Re: freebsd bios. Message-ID: <200006200327.UAA02360@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <33557.961352296@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>
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On 18-Jun-00 Parag Patel wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 07:35:51 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: >> >>Loader(8) runs using BIOS services, and loads the kernel from any drive >>that BIOS recognizes. It has also been enhanced with PXE knowledge, so >>he can load from that to. > > My mistake, as Ron pointed out, since loader uses the BIOS services, it > can't run when there is no BIOS. Now if someone writes a loader that > doesn't use a BIOS... Basically, you'd have to replace libi386 in src/sys/boot/i386/libi386. > -- Parag Patel -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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