Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 18:02:06 -0500 (EST) From: ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> To: Tomoyoshi ASANO <asa@use-net.co.jp> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About /usr/mdec/cdboot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990203175947.3929A-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com> In-Reply-To: <36B42676158.488EASA@mail.use-net.co.jp>
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Tomoyoshi ASANO wrote: > When CD booting, some error messages is displayed. > And I tested other machines supported atapi-cdrom booting. > > > (In /usr/sys/i386/boot/cdboot/boot.c) > > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. > > It's impossible to boot a CD-ROM without them. > > (BIOS int 0x13 fn 0x4b01 yielded error ?) > > I'm sorry I don't know 0x13 extensions. > Is /usr/mdec/cdrom supported atapi-cdrom booting ? Check that your BIOS is enabled. It's talking about hooking into the BIOS disk IO routines such that they can access the SCSI device. If you can boot from a hard disk on this controller, then you should be able to boot from a CD-ROM on the same controller, if it supports CD-ROM booting at all. Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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