From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 13 07:09:01 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA01042 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 07:09:01 -0700 Received: from relay1.UU.NET (relay1.UU.NET [192.48.96.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA01036 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 07:08:56 -0700 Received: from ast.com by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQzlgy10904; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:08:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from trsvax.fw.ast.com (fw.ast.com) by ast.com with SMTP id AA28991 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Fri, 13 Oct 1995 07:10:06 -0700 Received: by trsvax.fw.ast.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.1) id ; Fri, 13 Oct 95 09:07 CDT Received: by nemesis.lonestar.org (Smail3.1.27.1 #19) id m0t3kRB-000IwuC; Fri, 13 Oct 95 08:46 WET DST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 08:46 WET DST To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV) Sent: Fri Oct 13 1995, 08:46:13 CDT Subject: Re: three-stage boot Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk [0]Speaking of the three-stage boot stuff, I'd like to hear from some/anyone [0]that has a set of screen, serial and disk libraries that interact directly [0]with the BIOS in the state that it's in when the bootsector is loaded. Yeah, I have some of this stuff from the XENIX days. The filesystem stuff would have to be replaced, but I assume all you are interested in is mainly the stuff for getting the BIOS to read the hard disk and maybe keep the user informed on progress, right? I'll dig this stuff up if you want it. Frank Durda IV |"Remember, Bill is getting or uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Fastest Route)| richer as we argue...." ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem | ...decvax!fw.ast.com!nemesis!uhclem |