From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jun 28 06:14:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA19512 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 06:14:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from goliath.camtech.net.au (goliath.camtech.net.au [203.5.73.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA19507 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 06:14:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thyerm@camtech.net.au) Received: from camtech.net.au (dialup-ad-14-23.camtech.net.au [203.55.242.151]) by goliath.camtech.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id WAA06535; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:40:53 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <3596419D.3B5B6C03@camtech.net.au> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:44:05 +0930 From: Matthew Thyer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey CC: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Mike Smith , Matthew Thyer , Terry Lambert , Jonathan Lemon , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting from Microsoft (was: 'fatal trap 12' on boot (smp and up)) References: <25683.898937317@time.cdrom.com> <35958F9B.26E73D1E@camtech.net.au> <19980628104032.A28038@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey wrote: > > I've put a lot of effort into making it clear that any attempt to boot > FreeBSD from another running operating system or Microsoft product is > a matter of luck at the best. That notwithstanding, there's no reason > to expect things to stay the way they are: somebody will get around to > making it possible to boot from Microsoft's latest. Sorry if I'm implying it's not documented. I haven't read the install docs for 2 years as I never have to re-install FreeBSD (not like that Microsoft piece of ****). > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- /=====================================================================\ |Work: Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au | Home: thyerm@camtech.net.au| \=====================================================================/ "If it is true that our Universe has a zero net value for all conserved quantities, then it may simply be a fluctuation of the vacuum of some larger space in which our Universe is imbedded. In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." E. P. Tryon from "Nature" Vol.246 Dec.14, 1973 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message