Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:46:12 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: wrsomsky@halcyon.com (William R. Somsky) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [3-stage bootstrap] Message-ID: <199811170846.KAA08338@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <19981115173516.A4986@halcyon.com> from "William R. Somsky" at "Nov 15, 98 05:35:16 pm"
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William R. Somsky wrote: > Ok, now that we've got the new 3-stage bootloader, and it looks like > it's near to becoming the standard, I've got two questions: > > 1) Where is there documentation on it? There is currently no boot0 documentation. However, there are a few obscure configuration options, etc., so something is probably required. For boot1/boot2, most of the present boot(8) man page applies, though some information needs to be updated, and additional capabilities documented. Someone has also submitted a boot.config(8) man page (PR 8610), though this hasn't been committed. For the boot loader, there is some brief online-style documentation in src/sys/boot/common/help.common and src/sys/boot/i386/loader/help.i386. This will most likely be considerably expanded as the loader assumes its final form. > 2) Will we have a DOS/WIN program to install a copy of the new boot0 > when it gets trashed by a Windows install or other "disaster" ;-) I hadn't really thought about this, but given Windows' predilection for silently "taking out" the master boot record, I guess this does need doing. Unfortunately maintaining DOS programs that support FreeBSD tends to be a major headache; but it may be possible to cross-compile something using bcc (Bruce Evans' 16-bit C compiler in the ports collection). -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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