Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:18:34 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <XFMail.980828171834.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199808280020.AAA02025@word.smith.net.au>
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On 28-Aug-98 Mike Smith wrote: > > OK.. hmm.. does the new stuff boot intel boxes yet? :) > a.out kernels from floppy only. The only stumbling block with other > disks is the biosdisk : major/minor numbering mapping. Getting it > "right" on old systems is still impossible, and getting it "right" on > new (EDD 3) systems leads to some new and even more subtle quirks. 8( May you defeat the Evil Empire(tm) in your quest for a better OS.. =) --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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