Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:00:24 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@seagull.rtd.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: FlexBoot (fwd) Message-ID: <199504041900.MAA25160@seagull.rtd.com>
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Don't know if anyone should be aware of this (apologies for wasted bandwidth, if not): Forwarded message: > From mach4-request@schirf.cs.utah.edu Tue Apr 4 11:54:07 1995 > From: erich@uruk.org > Message-Id: <199504041808.LAA06875@uruk.org> > X-Authentication-Warning: uruk.org: Host loopback didn't use HELO protocol > To: baford@schirf.cs.utah.edu > cc: multiboot@schirf.cs.utah.edu, mach4-users@schirf.cs.utah.edu, > davidg@implode.root.com > Subject: FlexBoot > Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1995 11:08:28 -0700 > Sender: erich@uruk.org > > I'm writing a flexible boot-loader (standalone only at the moment). So > far the MBR/stage 1 loader, called "FlexMBR", is complete, and I'm working > on the second stage loader, called "FlexBoot", which will be compliant > with the MultiBoot standard that Bryan Ford is working on. (Utah's Mach4 > will also comply to this standard, for those interested, it is a multi-module > loading standard) > > The stage 1 is independent of the stage 2, so could be used for other > projects if one chose to do so. It allows loading in *very* large > multi-blocklist hunks of code into specified (possibly non-contiguous) > areas of memory (still real-mode i386, though, so under 512K is best, > under 1MB is required), and jumping into a specified address after > completing the loads. This all fits into the normal 1 sector (512 byte) > size limits. > > The stage2 will be a full 32-bit flat-memory model with BIOS call support > built in, multiple filesystem support, ability to read multiple modules > from different devices/partitions/filesystems for the same boot process, > and a user-interface that both supports a host of easy-to-use presets > and an expressive mechanism to specify (or re-specify for the presets) > any options or modules that are desired. > > An alpha version will be available reasonably soon, I'll keep this list > posted. > > (good documentation is a strong goal here) > > Erich Boleyn > > -- > Erich Stefan Boleyn \___ E-mail (preferred): <erich@uruk.org> > Mad Genius wanna-be, CyberMuffin \____ home #: +1 (503) 226-0741 > <A HREF=http://www.uruk.org/">WWW Site</A> | USnail: 924 S.W. 16th Ave, #202 > Motto: "I'll live forever or die trying" \ Portland, OR, USA 97205
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