Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:49:36 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> Cc: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd bios. Message-ID: <394DA660.F3D623E1@newsguy.com> References: <33557.961352296@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>
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Parag Patel wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 07:35:51 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > > >Loader(8) runs using BIOS services, and loads the kernel from any drive > >that BIOS recognizes. It has also been enhanced with PXE knowledge, so > >he can load from that to. > > My mistake, as Ron pointed out, since loader uses the BIOS services, it > can't run when there is no BIOS. Now if someone writes a loader that > doesn't use a BIOS... Err... how is a loader that doesn't use BIOS going to access the hard disk? I truly hope the answer is not to the effect of requiring shitloads of drivers. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org "He is my minion, so he doesn't need a name." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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