Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:29:25 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New cdboot ISO available Message-ID: <20020112002925.GB8227@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.020110015947.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.020110015947.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> probably said: > A new experimental CD bootstrap was recently added to -stable for > the i386 architecture that allows the full contents of the CD to be > used when booting. The method we currently uses relies on the BIOS > emulating a floppy drive from a floppy image file on the CD. This > limits the size of the kernel that we can boot off of. The new CD > bootstrap allows a full GENERIC kernel to be used when booting off > of a CD, allowing more drivers to work out of the box. However, not > all BIOS's that support the older method support this newer method > of CD booting. How is this iso created ? I'd be interested to know if something like mkisofs supports it and what the method is called. > The release engineering team would like feedback as to roughly how many > machines do not work with the new bootstrap utility as well as how many > machines do work. If most machines work with the new bootstrap, then we may > switch to using the new bootstrap on the release ISO images. > Please test this ISO and provide feedback to the -stable or -qa > lists thanks. Works just fine on; System Board P5BV+/3 rev. B+ Intel SE440BX-2 MSI 694D Pro-@IR Dual (VIA 694X based) Sony F430 laptop ABit BF6v2 Adaptec AHA-3940UW in an ABit KA7. Which is all the machines I can get my hands on right now. P. -- pir pir-sig@pir.net pir-sig@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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