Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:01:48 +0800 From: Christopher Hall <hsw@acm.org> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Christopher Hall <hsw@acm.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199811251001.SAA03218@hsw.generalresources.com> In-Reply-To: Message of "Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:28:24 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811251026430.24871-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811251026430.24871-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>, And rzej Bialecki writes: >On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Christopher Hall wrote: > >> >> In message <199811240210.SAA01652@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes: >> >... >> >> What should rootdev be set to when booting da0s1a with one IDE drive? >> > >> >Ignore $rootdev and instead set $num_ide_disks to 1. >> > >> >> That works, thanks. >> >> Another question: Is there any way to boot DOS from /boot/loader? >> Perhaps using some Forth code? > >Let me add yet another question to this: is there any way to boot FreeBSD >from DOS partition, using /boot/loader? > >(I suspect it's not possible in both cases, though...) > >Andrzej Bialecki on the 1998/Nov 3.0 CDROM there is an install.bat that says fbsdboot.exe -D kernel I wonder if this can be used? I will try it and see. > >-------------------- ++-------++ ------------------------------------- > <abial@nask.pl> ||PicoBSD|| FreeBSD in your pocket? Go and see: > Research & Academic |+-------+| "Small & Embedded FreeBSD" > Network in Poland | |TT~~~| | http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ >-------------------- ~-+==---+-+ ------------------------------------- > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > --- Christopher Hall <hsw@email.generalresources.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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