From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 28 06:26:07 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA13352 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 06:26:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA13347 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 06:26:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id AAA01299; Sun, 29 Dec 1996 00:55:43 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612281425.AAA01299@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: bootloader & memory test... In-Reply-To: <199612281229.XAA17456@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Dec 28, 96 11:29:54 pm" To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 00:55:42 +1030 (CST) Cc: julian@whistle.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, hans@brandinnovators.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bruce Evans stands accused of saying: > > > >By stripping some options it can go a little smaller, but I'm still > >about 200 bytes short. > > Can't you strip 7K of code from the boot loader? There is no need to > boot FreeBSD after running the memory test. That's not the object; I wanted to add it as a feature to the standard bootloader (if it could be easily done). New user : "halfway through the install I get this sig-11 message" Us : "your RAM is bad" Nu : "norton sez its ok" U : "norton is no good" Nu: "how do I test my RAM then" U: "type 'mem_test'" at the 'boot' prompt" The code as-is works fine standalone; I have no desire to reinvent the wheel. Hence the follow-on question about making it boot/run standalone. > Bruce -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[