Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 12:42:27 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libstand ext2fs.c Message-ID: <20000501194227.738231CDF@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> of "Mon, 01 May 2000 12:16:02 PDT." <95516.957208562@localhost>
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > It allows us to see linux partition types, and load from them; > > I should be able to boot a freebsd kernel and memory image from > > a pure linux box, although I've only used it to load the kernel > > at this point. > > Can we use ext2fs as a root filesystem? I would really like that. :) I think that is what they are conspiring to do.. Make something that you can use to boot a freebsd kernel on a preinstalled linux box... I heard hints about what needed to be done to get lilo to start up loader since I believe there is no room for boot2 on ext2fs. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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