Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:56:33 +0100 From: tml@seiruote.it To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: =?utf-8?b?UmU6IlRoZSBpbnN0YWxsZWQgbG9hZGVyIGlzIGEgYmluYXJ5LCBub3Qg?= =?utf-8?b?YSBmaWxlc3lzdGVtLCBzbyBldmVuIG1pbm9yIGNoYW5nZXMgcmVxdWly?= =?utf-8?b?ZSByZWNvbXBpbGluZy4iIC1HZW9yZ2UgVy4gTHVjYXMgaW4gQWJzb2x1?= =?utf-8?b?dGUgZkJTRA==?= Message-ID: <S60GY9$AF45B63BDB2693B830ED6BF323FDFDEB@seiruote.it> In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?q?=3CVrwJOGIHsU8bZ1LUp7cIysp9=5FGa3X81RwZ=5FreHJ=5FAHMxh?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Ymwgj8Ar=2Dzzr3pLcCJ0RNaCwL2wMz0oHHrvtoPRr=5FUPBEL8ORs?= =?iso-8859-1?q?uDygdq=2DPpNLk=3D=40protonmail=2Ecom=3E?= References: =?iso-8859-1?q?=3CVrwJOGIHsU8bZ1LUp7cIysp9=5FGa3X81RwZ=5FreHJ=5FAHMxh?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Ymwgj8Ar=2Dzzr3pLcCJ0RNaCwL2wMz0oHHrvtoPRr=5FUPBEL8ORs?= =?iso-8859-1?q?uDygdq=2DPpNLk=3D=40protonmail=2Ecom=3E?=
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--_=__=_XaM3_.1703152593.2A.480421.42.204202.52.42.007.1252772536 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A Hi,=0A=0A I think MWL was trying to keep things simple (thanks...= ) but, at the same time, he forewarned readers: loader is a binary, when = you mess with bios-booting you must rebuild it.=0A=0A What's missing he= re is a *footnote*, saying something about how that thing is able to ruin= your day, biting your leg "at a very inconvenient time" (cit.).=0A=0A = Have fun,=0A=0A f=0A=0A Il giorno 18/12/2023 Jop ha scritto:=0A Hel= lo everyone,=0A I have just begun my journey into FreeBSD using George = W. Lucas' Absolute FreeBSD 3rd edition. My question is about chapter 4 St= art Me Up! The Boot Process, page 51.=0A I was befuddled by a statement= he made, likely due to my IT nescience.=0A To my confusion, Lucas stat= es:=0A=0A > A BIOS has all sorts of limitations. The boot loader must= reside in a very specific section of the disk. BIOS can=E2=80=99t boot f= rom disks larger than 2.2TB. The target boot loader must be smaller than = 512KB=E2=80=94huge by 1980=0A=0A >standards, yes, but paltry today. :::= =E2=80=8BThe installed loader is a binary, not a filesystem, so even mino= r changes require recompiling :::.=0A --_=__=_XaM3_.1703152593.2A.480421.42.204202.52.42.007.1252772536 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <span style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" xam-editor-contain= er=3D"true">Hi,<div><br /></div><div>I think MWL was trying to keep thing= s simple (thanks...) but, at the same time, he forewarned readers: loader= is a binary, when you mess with bios-booting you must rebuild it.</div><= div>What's missing here is a *footnote*, saying something about how that = thing is able to ruin your day, biting your leg "at a very inconveni= ent time" (cit.).</div><div><br /></div><div>Have fun,</div><div>f</= div><div><br /></div><div>Il giorno 18/12/2023 Jop ha scritto:<br /><div = class=3D"xam-quoted-text xam-reply-text"><div style=3D"border-left: 3px s= olid #000000; padding-left: 10px;"><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans= -serif; font-size: 14px;">Hello everyone,</div><div style=3D"font-family:= Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style=3D"font-fami= ly: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I have just begun my journey int= o FreeBSD using George W. Lucas' <i>Absolute FreeBSD </i>3rd edition<i>.<= /i>=C2=A0My question is about <b>chapter 4</b> <i>Start Me Up! The Boot P= rocess,</i>=C2=A0page 51.<br />I was befuddled by a statement he made, li= kely due to my IT nescience.<br />To my confusion, Lucas states:=C2=A0</d= iv><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />= </div><div style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><bl= ockquote style=3D"border-left: 3px solid rgb(200, 200, 200); border-top-c= olor: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-right-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-= bottom-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102= , 102);"><span>>=C2=A0A BIOS has all sorts of limitations. The boot lo= ader must reside in a=C2=A0</span>very specific section of the disk. BIOS= can=E2=80=99t boot from disks larger than 2.2TB. The target boot loader = must be smaller than 512KB=E2=80=94huge by 1980<div>>standards, yes, b= ut paltry today. :::<b></b>=E2=80=8B<b>The installed loader is a binary, = not a filesystem, so even minor changes require recompiling </b>:::<b>.</= b>=C2=A0<br /></div></blockquote><div><br /></div></div><div class=3D"pro= tonmail_signature_block" style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-si= ze: 14px;">=0A</div>=0A</div></div></div></span> --_=__=_XaM3_.1703152593.2A.480421.42.204202.52.42.007.1252772536--
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