From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 25 20:44:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA23458 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:44:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles143.castles.com [208.214.165.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA23451 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:44:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00358; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:43:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811260443.UAA00358@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Christopher Hall cc: Robert Nordier , mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot0, was /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:25:33 +0800." <199811260225.KAA21774@hsw.generalresources.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:43:05 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > In message <199811251047.MAA15178@ceia.nordier.com>, Robert Nordier writes: > >Christopher Hall wrote: > > > >> Another question: Is there any way to boot DOS from /boot/loader? > >> Perhaps using some Forth code? > > > >I'm curious why you should want to do this (ie. rather than use a > >partition manager such as boot0/booteasy or some free or commercial > >alternative). > > I simply wanted to take an already installed/working FreeBSD system on > a single IDE disk. (only has has one FreeBSD partition, no space left > to install bootmanager partitions). Take it to a clients site - they > have one pc with Win95 installed (disk is almost full). I would move > the Win95 to slave, put the FreeBSD as master and still allow booting > back into Win95. Some bootmanagers don't require extra partitions (boot0, booteasy, OS-BS, etc.) -- \\ 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