Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:30:48 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: ppmmssgg@hotmail.com Subject: Re: use loader to load kernel.gz and mfsroot.gz in an ext2 filesystem Message-ID: <20050126163048.GB31269@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20050126.090150.126690130.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <BAY15-F3553B8AA37B1E804D8ABBACF870@phx.gbl> <20050126.090150.126690130.imp@bsdimp.com>
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In the last episode (Jan 26), M. Warner Losh said: > : I put loader,kernel.gz and mfsroot.gz in an ext2(dos) file system > : on harddisk,and want to directly use grub or use grub and freebsd > : loader(or other manner?) to boot the system. > > You'll need to add support to libstand to read ext2 and/or DOS file > systems. That's the first step... Libstand already supports both, and they are included into /boot/loader ( see the file_system[] array in /sys/boot/i386/loader/conf.c ), so it should be able to boot off of both filessytems just fine. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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