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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Tugrul wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> > have you tried OS-BSbeta?
> > 
> 
> 	"No Operating System" for either FreeBSD or Linux beyond the
> 1024th cylinder.
> 
> > have you tried the newer boot blocks? i think you can do what you were
> > able to do in linux with the freebsd newer blocks.
> > 
> 
> 	None of the boot blocks understand what a elf kernel is afaik. Any
> tips on loading /boot/loader from a floppy, which then loads the kernel
> off wd0s2a? Or is /boot/loader still limited? I don't think both will fit
> on a floppy... lately my kernels have gotten smaller but they might grow
> in size again.
> 	The booting tools in general need a major update for elf, I wish I
> knew how to help :/

You need to do a search on the lists, i've seen the solution to your
problem discussed before.

Btw, why are you still using other systems besides FreeBSD? I can't
think of a good reason... :)

-Alfred


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