Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 02:09:12 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, joelh@gnu.org, mike@smith.net.au, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, Marius.Bendiksen@scancall.no, hsw@email.generalresources.com, hsw@acm.org, abial@nask.pl, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199812040009.CAA20442@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199812032323.PAA00785@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Dec 3, 98 03:23:46 pm"
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Mike Smith wrote:
> > OK. Booting out of Windows into a carefully prepared and disinfected
> > DOS session has a chance of coming tolerably close to resembling a
> > cold boot: at least with kernel vm86 usage as it is at the moment.
> >
> > But if one is exiting Windows in order to load FreeBSD, why boot
> > into DOS anyway? (It's kind of like going to wash your hands before
> > dinner, but then stopping off for a pee on your way back to the
> > table.)
>
> Because you may have the FreeBSD install on the DOS partition, ie. not
> having a partition of its own. So you can't guarantee that you can
> activate a different partition and boot from it.
OK, if this translates to "demo", then we're talking marketing-
driven solutions, and completely different rules apply.
Sample choices:
o Get vm86 working reliably with a virus or two swirling
around, and a couple of TSRs trying to pop up.
o Use a boot floppy.
--
Robert Nordier
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