Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:08:52 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: scottl@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9 is now available Message-ID: <200310301808.h9UI8qaZ000347@ice.nodomain> In-Reply-To: <3FA0B460.7090008@freebsd.org>
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Scott Long wrote: > > 5.x uses an entirely different mechanism to make the CD bootable. The > mechanism used in 4.x is similar to what Microsoft used for the Windows > 95/98 CD's (Emulated El-Torito), while 5.x uses a similar mechanism as > Windows 2000/XP (Non-Emulated El-Torito). Since Microsoft only requires > support for the second method in order to award the MS logo, I suspect > that support for the first method is starting to die out in mainstream > BIOSes. Some possibly relevant/confirming data points: 1) My Win98 CD fails to boot on my new machine. 2) My Win98SE CD boots correctly. 3) My WinXP CD boots correctly. This could prove very inconvenient for a lot of people who are now buying new machines and hope to run FreeBSD 4.9 because it has better support for modern motherboard devices. I tested 4.9-prerelease support for all of my motherboard devices, but it never occurred to me to test the CD bootstrap. Dan Strick strick@covad.net
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