From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jun 27 21:38:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA23535 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:38:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA23478 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:38:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA20436; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:36:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: Matthew Thyer cc: Mike Smith , Matthew Thyer , Terry Lambert , Jonathan Lemon , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'fatal trap 12' on boot (smp and up) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jun 1998 11:09:45 +0930." <35959EE1.197BE9D5@camtech.net.au> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:36:55 -0700 Message-ID: <20432.899008615@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Summary) There may be no way of booting cleanly using a versions of > DOS from Microsoft in the future. This is not the case > now - see STOP PRESS below. Actually, what this tells is is that fbsdboot.exe should be deprecated because: A) It's never been that well supported in the past as it is. B) It's clearly vulnerable to future Microsoft braindamage. C) I'd prefer not to rely on M$ behavior in anything resembling a supported installation feature. So, given all of that, I will now work to remove all references to fbsdboot.exe in our installation instructions and simply recommend that a boot floppy be used in *all* installation cases. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message