From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 12 8:43:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from diarmadhi.mushhaven.net (diarmadhi.mushhaven.net [63.75.111.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047EE14D3D; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:43:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mistwolf@diarmadhi.mushhaven.net) Received: (from mistwolf@localhost) by diarmadhi.mushhaven.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA17428; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:42:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mistwolf) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:42:09 -0800 From: Jamie Norwood To: Mike Smith Cc: Mike Bristow , R Joseph Wright , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels Message-ID: <20000112084209.A17390@mushhaven.net> References: <20000112144430.A4818@lindt.urgle.com> <200001121646.IAA02338@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <200001121646.IAA02338@mass.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I mailed them in early december about this, and got: --- > A friend gave me the link. What is the ETA on being able to get my > paws on one? What is the estimated MSRP on them? Any chance there will > be an rj45 model, or a model with both db15 and rj45? :) 1. Available now in limited quantities due to flash having gone on allocation. 2. $250 US. 3. The RS-232 is on a DB-9P. By "RJ-45" do you mean "RS-232 on an RJ-45" or "ethernet on an RJ-45"? Jonathan --- YMMV. :) Jamie On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 08:46:28AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 07:29:23PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: > > > Which brings up the question that keeps nagging at me: How possible is > > > it to create a pc bios that is geared towards BSD/linux? This would > > > include its own lightweight repair shell. Couldn't this solve a lot of > > > problems with pc hardware, to have a unix-oriented bios? > > > > About the only thing that I really miss, going from `real' unix to > > pc unix is the ability to do _anything_ with a serial console. > > > > A bios that can do it's thang over the serial port exists. But it's > > not very common. > > www.realweasel.com > > ... although they've been "almost shipping" for months now. If you work > out how to buy one, please let us all know. > > -- > \\ 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