Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 09:59:20 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: peter@spinner.dialix.com.au, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot Makefile Message-ID: <10341.870595160@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Aug 1997 17:43:03 %2B1000." <199708030743.RAA07176@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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In message <199708030743.RAA07176@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Bruce Evans writes: >>> Modified files: >>> sys/i386/boot/biosboot Makefile >>> Log: >>> Oops, boot2 got too big. make VESA_SUPPORT nondefault. >> >>Argh.. This really sucks. We REALLY should go to a multi-stage boot >>somehow. > >Enlarging the existing boot would be much simpler. I've been waiting for you to say that ever since you put the generic file reading code in there :-) >New features are missing from cdboot, dosboot and netboot. Well, I think that we have a project in unifying our boot code, and that it is very worthwhile to do so, but as usual.... time :-( -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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