Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:03:57 -0600 From: Chris Csanady <ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: hsw@acm.org, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199811251503.JAA10521@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Nov 1998 12:47:02 %2B0200." <199811251047.MAA15178@ceia.nordier.com>
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>Christopher Hall wrote: > >> Another question: Is there any way to boot DOS from /boot/loader? >> Perhaps using some Forth code? > >I'm curious why you should want to do this (ie. rather than use a >partition manager such as boot0/booteasy or some free or commercial >alternative). Perhaps if you want to dual boot off of a serial console. Right now, I have to use lilo to boot my FreeBSD partition. It would be nice if it were possible to boot random partitions from FreeBSD as well. Chris >There's currently no way, though. The boot/loader, with Forth >itself, runs in userland (i386 protected mode ring 3). So you'd >have to add a BTX syscall, at least, in addition to the Forth code. > >-- >Robert Nordier > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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