Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:26:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: three-stage boot Message-ID: <199510132226.PAA09151@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <m0t3kRB-000IwuC@nemesis.lonestar.org> from "Frank Durda IV" at Oct 13, 95 08:46:00 am
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Well ther is the 2nd stage bootblocks of course.. they do all these things! > > [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 <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"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 | > > >
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