Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:00:43 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: scrappy@hub.org (The Hermit Hacker) Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: README.booting_dos questions... Message-ID: <199703270130.MAA04426@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970326034742.1014B-100000@thelab.hub.org> from The Hermit Hacker at "Mar 26, 97 03:52:17 am"
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The Hermit Hacker stands accused of saying: > > I'm quite nervous of following the instructions in the above mentioned > file, mainly because I don't understand exactly what it is doing :( Don't worry (too much). Doscmd won't eat your system too badly 8) > Of concern is: > > assign hard boot_drive 80 2 2 > > If I'm reading this right, and the associated instructions, this > assign (and the other instructions) is going to create a pseudo DOS file > system *overtop* of my FreeBSD File system? So I'll essentially have the > same thing as pcemu created with the 'DriveA' file? Basically. You will have to create the file first, as (should be) noted in the source README. > If so...what are the recommended values for the above? It uses those > values for an example, but the instructions state that: Pick any value you like. Multiply the three numbers together, and then divide by two to get the size in kbytes. I normally boot from a floppy image (like the PC-Emu DriveA file), and then use the redirector mappings to get at the Unix filesystem proper. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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