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Date:      Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:03:05 -0700 (MST)
From:      Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: switching to real mode
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112061002320.17486-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov>
In-Reply-To: <3C0FA21D.86860C48@mindspring.com>

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Terry Lambert wrote:

> It isn't enough to do what he wants, though.  He wants to effectively
> return to real mode and jump to a real mode boot strap loader, as if
> in the second stage of a boot manager, after the partition to boot has
> been selected (e.g. "Reboot to Linux", "Reboot to Windows", "Reboot to
> XXX").  I understand the desire now.  It all depends on how much work
> he's willing to do.

no, you are right. It's just that the freebsd code for this is a nice
tutorial, then when he looks at bootimg or whatever it will be easier to
understand.

ron


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