Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 12:47:02 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: hsw@acm.org Cc: mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199811251047.MAA15178@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199811250640.OAA01720@hsw.generalresources.com> from Christopher Hall at "Nov 25, 98 02:40:26 pm"
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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). There's currently no way, though. The boot/loader, with Forth itself, runs in userland (i386 protected mode ring 3). So you'd have to add a BTX syscall, at least, in addition to the Forth code. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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