Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 23:37:01 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Cc: jjw@us.net, danj@3skel.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A web-based FreeBSD configuration tool. Message-ID: <199802260737.XAA22990@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:33:45 EST." <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE4132B4@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> > Cisco has it easy, the PROM is exact for the box it's in, vastly > > minimizing the array 'kernel' services. BTW, doesn't the Cisco come > > with a pre-burned PC-Card memory mard that has all the IOS stuff > > on it? We are not talking about loading system software, with > > Cisco we are merely talking about configuring it, aren't we? > > > By the way, did someone tried to load FreeBSD from ROM ? Something > like Flash ROM card installed into a box through some adapter ? I've booted FreeBSD off a BIOS-level floppy emulation implemented with FLASH memory. What would be much sexier would be XIP out of flash, but that involves some slightly funky hardware and/or magic to make the kernel handle different load addresses. There are quite a few nasty assumptions that would break. -- \\ 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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