Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:04:00 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu (Chris Csanady) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, hsw@acm.org, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199811251604.SAA18008@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199811251503.JAA10521@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu> from Chris Csanady at "Nov 25, 98 09:03:57 am"
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Chris Csanady wrote: > > >Christopher Hall wrote: > > > >> Another question: Is there any way to boot DOS from /boot/loader? > >> Perhaps using some Forth code? > > > >I'm curious why you should want to do this (ie. rather than use a > >partition manager such as boot0/booteasy or some free or commercial > >alternative). > > Perhaps if you want to dual boot off of a serial console. Right now, > I have to use lilo to boot my FreeBSD partition. It would be nice > if it were possible to boot random partitions from FreeBSD as well. Yes, that's true. Bear in mind that boot/loader just looks like a FreeBSD kernel to the boot blocks. So one solution might be a "boot/manager". This could be loaded by the boot blocks or by boot/loader, and could itself load either boot/loader or other boot blocks. With BTX and the current libstand, ficl, and other boot library code, the necessary tools now exist for producing various mutant boot applications on demand. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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