Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:36:42 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Anonymous <anonym@ic.kubsu.ru>, nointplus@usa.net, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: picoBSD can ROM boot? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9901160032330.22894-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199901151643.IAA00882@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > 1. picoBSD can ROM boot? No need to run from ROM. Only start. > > Not yet, no. A disk-emulating flash device will work, however. Hmmm... However, I suspect that with technical details about the bootup of such a device one could quite easily hack boot1/boot2 to load the kernel from it (IF it has a BIOS). Then, if the system were configured like picobsd is, it could run just fine. Andrzej Bialecki -------------------- ++-------++ ------------------------------------- <abial@nask.pl> ||PicoBSD|| FreeBSD in your pocket? Go and see: Research & Academic |+-------+| "Small & Embedded FreeBSD" Network in Poland | |TT~~~| | http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ -------------------- ~-+==---+-+ ------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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