Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:20:08 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <199808280020.AAA02025@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:42:59 %2B0930." <XFMail.980828164259.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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> > On 28-Aug-98 Mike Smith wrote: > > > Shouldn't that be boot.help? > > Hmm, actually that would be the place to put it in the current > > scenario, yes. /boot/boot.banner is where it would go with the "new" > > bootstrap. Actually, I should clarify; inserting a ^G into the current /boot.help should achieve the desired result. With the "new" bootstrap, the help text is separate from any potential sign-on banner. > OK.. hmm.. does the new stuff boot intel boxes yet? :) a.out kernels from floppy only. The only stumbling block with other disks is the biosdisk : major/minor numbering mapping. Getting it "right" on old systems is still impossible, and getting it "right" on new (EDD 3) systems leads to some new and even more subtle quirks. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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