Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 09:48:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question about boot loaders Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912090941260.73726-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991209024113.26554D-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Robert Watson wrote: > loader loadedby function > -------------------------------- > mbr BIOS whatever, maybe a couple of lines /boot/mbr is a copy of the classic DOS MBR code. Used by fdisk. Simply loads the partition marked as 'active' (flag 0x80). Everything else was covered in Neil's handbook piece (which I should probably grab & commit! :-) ) Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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