Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:13:18 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: dan@ice.nodomain Subject: Re: 4.9 is now available Message-ID: <20031030181318.GA97591@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <200310301808.h9UI8qaZ000347@ice.nodomain> References: <3FA0B460.7090008@freebsd.org> <200310301808.h9UI8qaZ000347@ice.nodomain>
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 10:08:52AM -0800, Dan Strick wrote: > Scott Long wrote: > > > > 5.x uses an entirely different mechanism to make the CD bootable. The > > mechanism used in 4.x is similar to what Microsoft used for the Windows > > 95/98 CD's (Emulated El-Torito), while 5.x uses a similar mechanism as > > Windows 2000/XP (Non-Emulated El-Torito). Since Microsoft only requires > > support for the second method in order to award the MS logo, I suspect > > that support for the first method is starting to die out in mainstream > > BIOSes. > > Some possibly relevant/confirming data points: > 1) My Win98 CD fails to boot on my new machine. > 2) My Win98SE CD boots correctly. > 3) My WinXP CD boots correctly. > > This could prove very inconvenient for a lot of people who are > now buying new machines and hope to run FreeBSD 4.9 because it > has better support for modern motherboard devices. Seems that they should be able to create the floppy disks and boot from them still. Not ideal, but should work. Bob -- Bob Willcox If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, bob@immure.com I guess you do have a problem. Austin, TX -- Richard Bach, "Illusions"
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