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Date:      Mon, 17 May 1999 11:32:31 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FBSDBOOT.EXE 
Message-ID:  <199905171832.LAA00362@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 May 1999 09:47:26 BST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905170946530.509-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> 

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> > It doesn't work.  Don't use it.  You need to reboot the system to 
> > restore various vectors that DOS destroys.  Please see the previous 
> > threads on this topic, especially anything from Robert Nordier.
> 
> Would it be possible to add a driver to config.sys which could record the
> various vectors or is that too late?

We've been here and asked this; it's too late.  Feel free to ask Robert 
for the details, or just trust me. 8)

The only way to get a clean slate with the system is to reboot.  If you 
can arrange a "controlled" reboot of some sort, we might get somewhere.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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