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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.


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