Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 14:41:42 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New (BIOS) bootblock ?feature? Message-ID: <199607032141.OAA11380@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199607032114.OAA01694@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Jul 3, 96 02:14:03 pm
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> do we want to integrate this? > Since I originally ported the bootblocks to freeBSD, I haven't done much > with them.. This is my first real return to the area.. > > I have been askled to make the following patches to the bootblocks, > together with a user-level program to control it...... > > The patches are now complete and working, so I want to know if the gang > thinks I should integrate them to our sources or whether my client should > just keep them separate.. > > Programmable one-time bootstring.. (or many time) How does this interact with erich@uruk.org's "multiboot" proposed standard and code? It sounds like a step forward, and any step forward should be integrated (IMO). It would certaily solve that Italian PC Week reviewer's boot problems... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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