Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 23:56:30 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: diskless boot on Alpha Message-ID: <199912270756.XAA05394@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Dec 1999 17:46:27 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912261744490.90491-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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> On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > I'm puzzled.. > > > > > > NB as the code tells me to use 'loader', how do I set > > > that up on Alpha? I still need to bootp netboot right? > > > > netboot is the loader, it just has the wrong name. One of these days > > they'll all coalesce back into a single binary. > > Tricky. The main differences between netboot and loader (apart from the > default fs) is the link address. Since loader is a second stage boot and > netboot is a first stage, they are linked at different addresses. I think > netboot and cdboot would be easier to merge. Hmm. I'm sure I asked you before how hard it would be to self-relocate the loader. Do you remember what you told me? -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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