Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:43:00 +0930 From: Matthew Thyer <thyerm@camtech.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Matthew Thyer <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'fatal trap 12' on boot (smp and up) Message-ID: <3596415C.95D28C9E@camtech.net.au> References: <20432.899008615@time.cdrom.com>
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Not that it's a problem with fbsdboot.exe itself it's just that "options VM86" is about to become mandatory and code triggered by that option makes certain assumptions that cannot be made when booting from DOS in all cases. I dont think we should kill fbsdboot.exe because it can still be useful. What would be best is for fbsdboot.exe to return all vectors to normal but I realise that cannot be done. Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > Summary) There may be no way of booting cleanly using a versions of > > DOS from Microsoft in the future. This is not the case > > now - see STOP PRESS below. > > Actually, what this tells is is that fbsdboot.exe should be deprecated > because: > > A) It's never been that well supported in the past as it is. > > B) It's clearly vulnerable to future Microsoft braindamage. > > C) I'd prefer not to rely on M$ behavior in anything resembling > a supported installation feature. > > So, given all of that, I will now work to remove all references to > fbsdboot.exe in our installation instructions and simply recommend > that a boot floppy be used in *all* installation cases. > > - Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- /=====================================================================\ |Work: Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au | Home: thyerm@camtech.net.au| \=====================================================================/ "If it is true that our Universe has a zero net value for all conserved quantities, then it may simply be a fluctuation of the vacuum of some larger space in which our Universe is imbedded. In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." E. P. Tryon from "Nature" Vol.246 Dec.14, 1973 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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