From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 11 17:22:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from kusanagi.boing.com (adsl-gte-la-216-86-200-115.mminternet.com [216.86.200.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17AAE1546E; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:22:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from boing@kusanagi.boing.com) Received: (from boing@localhost) by kusanagi.boing.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA12091; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:22:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from boing) From: Geff Hanoian Message-Id: <200001120122.RAA12091@kusanagi.boing.com> Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels In-Reply-To: <200001120111.RAA01750@mass.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jan 11, 2000 5:11:52 pm" To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:22:47 -0800 (PST) Cc: boing@boing.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Like, if I am required by the hardware (for whatever reason) to boot off of > > a FAT16 partition with a 'Command.com' type thing, wouldn't the fbsdboot.exe > > allow me to still boot a bsd kernel. Where as if I must install the boot > > loader, I might not even be able to get the boot loader to show up on the > > hardware disk emulator. > > > > Does that make sense? > > It sounds like a contrived hypothetical example. Would you care to share > a real-world example with us? Mike, I did the research a few months ago. One manufacturer actually wanted to sell us a compiler to install a "DOS thing" according the sales person. I don't remember the models, etc. I'll look it up at some point. Maybe some embedded experts could lend a hand? I'm defintely an embedded beginner. It could have been my lack of understanding and the salesperson's lack of technical knowledge / communication skills. Geff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message