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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:53:55 +0100
From:      Rink Springer <rink@freebsd.org>
To:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
Cc:        vincent@netaktiv.com, tech@gitoyen.net, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BTX on USB pen drive
Message-ID:  <20080307095355.GE90443@rink.nu>
In-Reply-To: <47D10F9D.4040603@quip.cz>
References:  <200803061742.34291.vincent@netaktiv.com> <200803071059.48837.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <47D10F9D.4040603@quip.cz>

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On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:49:17AM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> I think you can use GRUB, because it is used in stage where all systems 
> works the same way and amd64 kernel will be booted in later stage.

Uh, no. amd64 kernels rely on information that only the loader supplies,
such as the memory map... take a look at /sys/amd64/machdep.c, function
getmemsize() for example.

-- 
Rink P.W. Springer                                - http://rink.nu
"Anyway boys, this is America. Just because you get more votes doesn't
 mean you win." - Fox Mulder



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