From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 12 2:13:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.access1.net (smtp.access1.net [206.13.101.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94FE714EE6; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 02:13:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ccthomas@access1.net) Received: from bsdone.SAMBA [209.244.113.6] by smtp.access1.net (SMTPD32-5.01) id A37849E400CE; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 02:12:08 PDT Message-ID: <387C54F5.167EB0E7@access1.net> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 05:18:29 -0500 From: Courtney Thomas X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith Cc: Anton , Max Khon , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels References: <200001120828.AAA00633@mass.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greetings ! What would be the best reference(es) [on/off web] describing said process(es) ? Thanks, Courtney <--------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Smith wrote: > > The ability to load and start a kernel != the ability to boot and run > same. > > You cannot boot and run FreeBSD once DOS has been booted on the system. > You should give up now before you waste any more of your or our time. > > There are good technical reasons why this is the case. If you don't > understand them, please trust those of us that do. > > Thankyou. > > > hello. > > > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Max Khon wrote: > > > > > ftp://iclub.nsu.ru/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/fbsdboot.exe > > > I have not tested it. Tell me if it works or not. > > > > it can boot elf cernels, but i have: > > > > no init > > panic: no init > > > > rebooting at N seconds... > > > > maybe i must specify root device? but how? > > i dont remember such problems with old fbsdboot.exe > > (or it's kernel's problem?) > > > > anton. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message