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Date:      Mon, 05 Nov 2001 11:15:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader main.c
Message-ID:  <XFMail.011105111524.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200111051903.fA5J31j79367@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 05-Nov-01 John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2001/11/05 11:03:01 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/boot/i386/loader main.c 
>   Log:
>   - If we are booted via cdboot, use bc_add() to instantiate the cd0 device
>     from the loader.
>   - Cleanup extract_currdev() some and add support for setting the currdev
>     to cd0 when booted via cdboot.

Our loader has an affinity for filenames that aren't 8.3, (loader.conf,
loader.help, and device.hints for example), so libstand's cd9660 fs is going to
have to grow RockRidge extension support before we can start using this,
however we are farther along at least:

CD Loader 1.01

Building the boot loader arguments
Read Volume Descriptor
Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
Relocating the loader and the BTX
Starting the BTX loader
Console: serial port
BIOS CD is cd0
BIOS drive A: is disk0
BIOS drive C: is disk1
BIOS 639kB/130048kB available memory

FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0
(john@laptop.baldwin.cx, Sat Nov  3 16:19:24 PST 2001)
\
can't load 'kernel'

Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
ok more /boot/loader.conf
*** FILE /boot/loader.conf BEGIN ***
can't open '/boot/loader.conf': no such file or directory
error showing /boot/loader.conf
ok more /boot/loader.con
*** FILE /boot/loader.con BEGIN ***
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- #
*** FILE /boot/loader.con END ***
ok

-- 

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