From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 25 02:08:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA17148 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 02:08:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hsw.generalresources.com ([203.79.17.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA17133 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 02:08:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hsw@email.generalresources.com) Received: from hsw.generalresources.com (localhost.generalresources.com [127.0.0.1]) by hsw.generalresources.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA03218; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:01:48 +0800 (CST) (envelope-from hsw@hsw.generalresources.com) Message-Id: <199811251001.SAA03218@hsw.generalresources.com> To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: Christopher Hall , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Christopher Hall Reply-to: Christopher Hall From: Christopher Hall Reply-to: Christopher Hall Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? In-reply-to: Message of "Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:28:24 +0100." X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0 X-Mailer: exmh 2.0 Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:01:48 +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , 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. > >-------------------- ++-------++ ------------------------------------- > ||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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message