From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 4 14:18:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA13274 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 14:18:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw1a.lmco.com (mailgw1a.lmco.com [192.31.106.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA13269 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 14:18:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from augusto.pasimio@lmco.com) Received: from emss02g01.ems.lmco.com (emss02g01.ems.lmco.com [198.7.15.39]) by mailgw1a.lmco.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA05367 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 15:18:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from emss08m01.ems.lmco.com ([144.197.176.1]) by lmco.com (PMDF V5.1-10 #20543) with ESMTP id <0F5200PNW3A80Z@lmco.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 15:18:08 -0700 (MST) Received: by emss08m01.lmsw.lmco.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:16:30 -0800 Content-return: allowed Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:18:02 -0800 From: "Pasimio, Augusto" Subject: Loading a Kernel To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Message-id: <19F4BBFAA519D111B9270000F804A79AC97001@emss08m02.lmsw.lmco.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to the FreeBSD Handbook section 24.1.1: "Biosboot is our bootblocks. It consists of two files which will be installed in the first 8 kbytes of the floppy or hard-disk slice to be booted from." Can you provide me with a more detailed explanation of this process? What are in these two files? Does this description apply if I am booting off a CD? Thanks, August. email: augusto.pasimio@lmco.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message