Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:49:43 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com> To: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Cc: jjw@us.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: A web-based FreeBSD configuration tool. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980225093353.21356C-100000@fnur.3skel.com> In-Reply-To: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE4132B4@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998 sbabkin@dcn.att.com wrote: > > ---------- > > From: Dan Janowski[SMTP:danj@3skel.com] > > > > Cisco has it easy, the PROM is exact for the box it's in, vastly > > minimizing the array 'kernel' services. BTW, doesn't the Cisco come > > with a pre-burned PC-Card memory mard that has all the IOS stuff > > on it? We are not talking about loading system software, with > > Cisco we are merely talking about configuring it, aren't we? > > > By the way, did someone tried to load FreeBSD from ROM ? Something > like Flash ROM card installed into a box through some adapter ? > This is possible, and it would be great to have a REAL PROM for booting, software installation, and the like. Flash chips on an ISA card, somehow programmable, PC-Card... It seems that some kind of merge of biosboot and netboot (is netboot current?) with some expansion, is the basis for a PROM. > -SB > -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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