Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 18:19:54 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@altavista.net> To: Andrey Zakhvatov <andy@cgu.chel.su> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, bde@zeta.org.au, brian@Awfulhak.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot table.c Message-ID: <374C111A.3C5D8674@altavista.net> References: <199905261508.VAA15811@mail.cgu.chel.su>
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Andrey Zakhvatov wrote: > Hello, > > > Anyone else with reasons to keep the /sys/i386/boot/* (except netboot) > > code around any longer? > Have we method to load kernel from DOS partition? > I mean ability to have pseudo-diskless workstations with biosboot > and kernel image on local disk for users that must have ability to > work on FreeBSD-based X terminals, for example. Yes, /boot/loader autors claims that loader also can load kernel out of FAT/FAT32 partition, so you can make diskette with /boot/loader and write corresponding loader.rc script to load kernel out of a DOS partition. Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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