From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 6 05:45:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA23043 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 6 May 1998 05:45:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from goliath.camtech.net.au (goliath.camtech.net.au [203.5.73.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA23033 for ; Wed, 6 May 1998 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thyerm@camtech.net.au) Received: from camtech.net.au (dialup-ad-3-05.camtech.net.au [203.28.0.101]) by goliath.camtech.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id WAA29369; Wed, 6 May 1998 22:12:02 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <35505AEA.790DF80@camtech.net.au> Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 22:13:22 +0930 From: Matthew Thyer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'fatal trap 12' on boot (smp and up) References: <199805061016.DAA02535@antipodes.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It's sad to see that fbsdboot.exe will effectively become unusable after VM86 becomes a mandatory option. Am I correct in that assumption ?? I was trying to use it from DOS7 (Win95 DOS) after Win95 had restarted into DOS to run my 'DOS' program. Maybe it still works for the case where the user chooses 'command line only' from the Win95 boot menu or boots a DOS7 floppy but I haven't tried these yet. Mike Smith wrote: > > > Hmmm, I guess thats a no. > > > > I'll just have to leave options VM86 out. > > It will fairly shortly be mandatory (default), as we need to use the > BIOS for proper PnP support. Basically, you'll have to boot FreeBSD as > a 'real' operating system. > > -- -- /=====================================================================\ |Work: Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au | Home: thyerm@camtech.net.au| \=====================================================================/ "If it is true that our Universe has a zero net value for all conserved quantities, then it may simply be a fluctuation of the vacuum of some larger space in which our Universe is imbedded. In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." E. P. Tryon from "Nature" Vol.246 Dec.14, 1973 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message