Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 12:16:37 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, obrien@NUXI.com Subject: Re: New drivers and install floppy space Message-ID: <XFMail.981207121637.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199812060720.XAA02870@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On 06-Dec-98 Mike Smith wrote: > No. The way that bootable CDROMs work is that the BIOS pretends that a > 1.44MB region at the beginning of the CDROM is actually a 1.44MB floppy > disk. Or 2.88Mb.. Not a solution, but some more space.. Hmm.. actually, the El Torrito spec says you can emulate a HD as well.. Of course thats the spec, I have absolutly no idea how that is reflected in reality. --- 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-current" in the body of the message
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