From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jun 28 12:26:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA28865 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:26:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.camalott.com (root@[208.203.140.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA28821 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:26:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-113.camalott.com [208.229.74.113] (may be forged)) by mail.camalott.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA01754; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:24:40 -0500 Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09714; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:24:34 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:24:34 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199806281924.OAA09714@detlev.UUCP> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com CC: thyerm@camtech.net.au, mike@smith.net.au, Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au, tlambert@primenet.com, jlemon@americantv.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <20432.899008615@time.cdrom.com> (jkh@time.cdrom.com) Subject: Re: 'fatal trap 12' on boot (smp and up) From: Joel Ray Holveck References: <20432.899008615@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. I'm rather unclear on whether you are serious in this idea or not. But if so, don't some devices need initialization code that only a config.sys / fbsdboot combination can provide? (I thought that was in the handbook or something.) Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message