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Date:      Mon, 01 May 2000 12:57:49 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libstand ext2fs.c 
Message-ID:  <200005011957.MAA03128@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 May 2000 12:42:27 PDT." <20000501194227.738231CDF@overcee.netplex.com.au> 

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> "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:
> > > It allows us to see linux partition types, and load from them;
> > > I should be able to boot a freebsd kernel and memory image from
> > > a pure linux box, although I've only used it to load the kernel
> > > at this point.
> > 
> > Can we use ext2fs as a root filesystem?  I would really like that. :)
> 
> I think that is what they are conspiring to do.. Make something that you
> can use to boot a freebsd kernel on a preinstalled linux box... I heard
> hints about what needed to be done to get lilo to start up loader since
> I believe there is no room for boot2 on ext2fs.

Not to mention nowhere to put boot1 (since LILO might be there already).

It sounds like things are a long way forward - this is looking pretty 
neat. 8)

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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