Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 23:19:32 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-sys@freefall.cdrom.com, joerg@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot boot.c Message-ID: <199504161319.XAA15522@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> Modified: sys/i386/boot/biosboot boot.c > Log: > Remove the #ifdef REDUNDANT crud. This could be looked up in CVS by > interested parties. > > Make the loader refuse to load anything below 1 MB -- we didn't > support it since FreeBSD 2.0R. Avoid gratuitously wiping out the BIOS > variables or the loader. Hrmph. The split bootstrap will require the loader to load the next stage below 1MB. All loaders should be able to load at any address except of course to addresses where there is no memory. Bruce
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