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Date:      Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:03:17 +0200 (SAST)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        rizzo@aciri.org (Luigi Rizzo)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support
Message-ID:  <200102171303.PAA11182@siri.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <200102170509.f1H59cA08731@iguana.aciri.org> from Luigi Rizzo at "Feb 16, 2001  9: 9:33 pm"

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Luigi Rizzo wrote:

> I have spent some time trying to put etherboot[1] code onto the
> hard disk so that it can be selected using the FreeBSD boot
> manager. I ended up doing it with a small amt of modifications
> to the "boot1" code, for which a patch is attached.
> 
> Maybe it could be interesting in applying this patch to the standard
> boot1 code (apart for the PRT_BSD change, which should be unmodified).

The size of the boot1 code must be <= 446 bytes.  The code already gets
customised a lot, for example, in embedded work and space needs to be
left to allow for that.  So I wouldn't personally be in favour of adding 
this to the standard boot1.

-- 
Robert Nordier

rnordier@nordier.com  //  Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en veut pas voir
rnordier@FreeBSD.org  //  Doit se tenir tout seul, et casser son miroir.



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