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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



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