From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 25 10:48:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28371 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:48:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA28361 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:48:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA01537; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:45:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811251845.KAA01537@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Marius Bendiksen cc: Mike Smith , Andrew Gordon , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Robert Nordier , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:39:43 +0100." <3.0.5.32.19981125193943.00992af0@mail.scancall.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:45:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Try booting a 3.0 kernel with 'options "VM86"' in the config. > > I am sure having the ability to do everything -except- VM86 in this fashion > would be infinitely preferrable to not being able to do -anything- at all :) vm86 (and other similar functions) are going to be mandatory soon if we have any hope of keeping up with PC evolution. So let me put it more simply; DOS scrambles the state of the system to a point where it's not possible to run FreeBSD properly. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message