Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 05:20:17 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, core@FreeBSD.ORG, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wfd block major number reassignment from 24 to 1 Message-ID: <199802141320.FAA22174@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Feb 1998 20:46:41 %2B0800." <199802141246.UAA03995@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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> Net booting is more tricky. The netboot code for the eproms would need to > have the same diet applied, except that it'd load /netboot instead, which > could be an alternative compilation of the stage3 code. Alternatively, > /boot could simply be compiled to start up under a UFS or NFS root > environment. Funnily enough, the NetBSD third-stage bootloader is the same, whether it be loaded from disk, net, or DOS. > Sounds easy, eh? Well, the devil is in the details.. That's why nobody > has done it for FreeBSD (and because many unix programmers don't like > working at real-mode 16-bit bios level :-). All it takes is someone with some time to port it. 8) -- \\ 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 cvs-all" in the body of the message
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